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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Biochemistry

Beukes, M

BSc(Hons) (UWC) MSc PhD(Natal) - Senior Lecturer

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 4149
Fax number: 012 362 5302
E-mail address: mervyn.beukes@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

The immunochemistry of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Molobela I P, Cloete TE, Beukes M: 2010. Protease and amylase enzymes for biofilm removal and degradation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens bacteria. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4 (14) / July, pp 1515-1524, Full Text

Beukes M, Lemmer Y, Deysel MSM, AL Dulayymi JR, Baird MS, Koza G, Maximiliano I, Rowles RR, Theunissen C, Grooten J, Toschi G, Roberts VV, Pilcher (Collett) LA, Van Wyngaardt S, Mathebula NS, Balogun MO, Stoltz AC, Verschoor JA: 2010. Structure-function relationships of the antigenicity of mycolic acids in tuberculosis patients. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163, pp 800-808.

Patents:

Verschoor JA, Beukes M: 2010. A method of detecting surrogate markers in a serum sample. (P49728ZP00 CPF/AA).

 

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