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Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

 
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Gumbo JR, Gumbo JR, Cloete TE, Cloete TE: 2011. Light and electron microscope assessment of the lytic activity of Bacillus on Microcystis aeruginosa. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10 (41), pp 8054-8063.

Tekere M, Lotter A, Olivier J, Jonker N, Venter SN: 2011. Metagenomic analysis of bacterial diversity of Siloam hot water spring, Limpopo, South Africa. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10 (78) / Dec, pp 18005-18012, Full Text

de Wet J, Bihon Legesse W, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Characterization of a novel dsRNA element in the pine endophytic fungus Diplodia scrobiculata. Archives of Virology, 156, pp 1199-1208, Full Text

Stassen L, Huismans H, Theron J: 2011. Membrane permeabilization of the African horse sickness virus VP5 protein is mediated by two N terminal amphipathic x helices. Archives of Virology, 156, pp 711-715, Full Text

Coutinho TA, Brady CL, van der Vaart M, Venter SN, Telechea N, Rolfo M, Perez C, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A new shoot and stem disease ofEucalyptus species caused byErwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 55-60, Full Text

Chen SF, Barnes I, Chungu D, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie YJ, Zhou XD: 2011. High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 407-415.

Kamgan Nkuekam G, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Mohammed C, Carnegie AJ, Pegg GS, Roux J: 2011. Ophiostoma species (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota), including two new taxa on eucalypts in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 59, pp 283-297, Full Text

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De Maayer P, Venter SN, Kamber Tim, Duffy B, Coutinho TA, Smits THM: 2011. Comparative genomics of the type VI secretion systems of Pantoea and Erwinia species reveals the presence of putative effector islands that may be translocated by the VgrG and Hcp proteins. BMC Genomics, 12, p. 576, Full Text

Krüger K, De Klerk A, Douglas (Smit) N, Joubert J, Pietersen G, Stiller M: 2011. Aster yellows phytoplasma in grapevines: identification of vectors in South Africa. Bulletin Of Insectology, 64, pp S137-S138, Full Text

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Osman MS, Sivakumar D, Korsten L: 2011. Effect of biocontrol agent Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and 1-methyl cyclopropene on the control of postharvest dieseases and maintenance of fruit quality. Crop Protection, 30, pp 173-178, Full Text

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Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Wingfield BD: 2011. Insect pests and pathogens of Australian acacias grown as non-natives - an experiment in biogeography with far-reaching consequences. Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp 968-977, Full Text

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Yousaf S, Afzal M, Reichenauer TG, Brady CL, Sessitsch A: 2011. Hydrocarbon degradation, plant colonization and gene expression of alkane degradation genes by endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii strains. Environmental Pollution, 159, pp 2675-2683.

Piskur B, Pavlic D, Slippers B, Ogris N, Maresi G, Wingfield MJ, Jurc D: 2011. Diversity and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on declining Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy following extreme weather conditions. European Journal of Forest Research, 130, pp 235-249, Full Text

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Heath RN, Roux J, Slippers B, Drenth A, Pennycook SR, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Occurrence and pathogenicity of Neofusicoccum parvum and N. mangiferae on ornamental Tibouchina species. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 48-51, Full Text

Begoude BAD, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. The pathogenic potential of endophytic Botryosphaeriaceous fungi on Terminalia species in Cameroon. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 281-292, Full Text

Iturritxa E, Ganley RJ, Wright J, Heppe E, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A genetically homogenous population of Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker of Pinus radiata in the Basque Country, Spain. Fungal Biology, 115, pp 288-295, Full Text

Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria diseases of Eucalyptus ; easily confused and with serious consequences. Fungal Diversity, 50, pp 145-166, Full Text

Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2011. Structure and evolution of the Fusarium mating type locus: New insights from the Gubberella fujikuroi complex. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48, pp 731-740, Full Text

Van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Slippers B, Mongae A, Van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48, pp 1034-1043, Full Text

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Coetzee B, Schols HA, Wolfaardt F: 2011. Determination of pectin content of eucalyptus wood. Holzforschung, 65, pp 327-331, Full Text

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Fourie G, Steenkamp ET, Ploetz RC, Gordon TR, Viljoen A: 2011. Current status of the taxonomic position of Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense within the Fusarium oxysporum complex. Infection Genetics And Evolution, 11 (3) / Apr, pp 533-542.

Brady CL, Goszczynska T, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, de Vos P, Gitaitis RD, Coutinho TA: 2011. Pantoea allii sp. nov., isolated from onion plants and seed. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 61, pp 932-937, Full Text

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Cassidy D, Goszczynska T, Burnet J, Hirschauer U, Gebeyehu S, Sileshi GW, Korsten L: 2011. Determination of the status of the etiological agent of American foulbrood, Paenibacillus larvae, in Swaziland. Journal of Apicultural Research, 50 (4), pp 284-291.

Maree FF, Blignaut B, Esterhuysen JJ, De Beer TAP, Theron J, O Neill HG, Rieder E: 2011. Preticting antigenic sites on the foot and mouth disease viru capsid of the South African Territories types using virus neutralization data. Journal of General Virology, 92, pp 2297-2309.

Blignaut B, Visser N, Theron J, Rieder E, Maree FF: 2011. Custom engineered chimeric foot-and-mouth disease vaccine elicits protective immune responses in pigs. Journal of General Virology, 92, pp 849-859, Full Text

Sivakumar D, Van Deventer F, Terry LA, Polanta GA, Korsten L: 2011. Combination of 1-methylcyclopropene treatment and controlled atmosphere storage retains overall fruit quality and bioactive compounds in mango.. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92 (4), pp 1-10.

Coertse J, Nel LH, Sabeta C, Weyer J, Grobler A, Walters J, Markotter W: 2011. A case study of rabies diagnosis from formalin-fixed brain material. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 82 (4), pp 250-253, Full Text

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Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2011. Causes and Consequences of Variability in Peptide Mating Pheromones of Ascomycete Fungi. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (7), pp 1987-2003, Full Text

Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia. Mycologia, 103 (6), pp 1384-1410, Full Text

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa. Mycologia, 103 (3), pp 534-553, Full Text

Vermeulen M, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. New records of the Cryphonectriaceae from Souhtern Africa including Latruncellus aurorae gen. sp. nov.. Mycologia, 103 (3), pp 554-569, Full Text

Grobbelaar JW, De Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD, Wingfield BD: 2011. Discovery of Ophiostoma tsotsi on Eucalyptus wood chips in China. Mycoscience, 52, pp 111-118, Full Text

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Oh E, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. First report of Phytophthora cinnamomiassociated with stem cankers ofQuercus cerrisin South Africa. New Disease Reports, 24, p. 11.

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Crous PW, Crous P W, Summerell B A, Swart L, Denman S, Taylor J, Bezuidenhout CM, Palm ME, Marincowitz S, Groenewald JZ: 2011. Fungal pathogens of Proteaceae. Persoonia, 27, pp 20-45.

Chen SF, Lombard L, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Novel species of Calonectria associated with Eucalyptus leaf blight in Southeast China. Persoonia, 26, pp 1-12, Full Text

Gumbo J, Cloete TE: 2011. The mechanism of Microcystis aeruginosa death upon exposure to Bacillus mycoides. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, pp 881-886.

Belgrove A, Steinberg C, Viljoen A: 2011. Evaluation of Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum and Pseudomonas fluorescens for Panama Disease Control. Plant Disease, 95, pp 951-959.

Van Vuuren SP, Cook G, Pietersen G: 2011. Lack of Evidence for Seed Transmission of 'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus' Associated with Greening (Huanglongbing) in Citrus in South Africa. Plant Disease, 95 (8), p. 1026.

Pitsi B, Marais C, Wairuri C: 2011. First Report of Alternaria alternata Causing Leaf Blight of Potatoes in South Afirca. Plant Disease, 95 (3), p. 363, Full Text

Chen SF, Pavlic D, Roux J, Slippers B, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation-grown Eucalyptus species in South China. Plant Pathology, 60, pp 739-751, Full Text

Kalombo L, Moolman F S, Hall AN, Mamvura CI, Thantsha M S: 2011. Characterisation of the Poly-(Vinylpyrrolidone)-Poly-(Vinylacetate-Co-Crotonic Acid) (PVP:PVAc-CA) Interpolymer Complex Matrix Microparticles Encapsulating a Bifodobacterium Lactis Bb12 Probiotic Strain. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, (3) / May, pp 97-102.

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Tarigan M, Roux J, Van Wyk M, Tjahjono B, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A new wilt and die-back disease of Acacia mangium associated with Ceratocystis manginecans and C. acaciivora sp. nov.in Indonesia. South African Journal of Botany, 77, pp 292-304, Full Text

Van Eeden C, Markotter W, Nel LH: 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Duvenhage virus. South African Journal of Science, 107(11/12) (177), pp 1-5, Full Text

Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ, Van Wyk M, Tjahjono B, Roux J: 2011. Pruning quality affects infection of Acacia mangium and A. crassicarpa by Ceratocystis acaciivora and Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (3&4), pp 187-191, Full Text

van der Linde JA, Six DL, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. Lasiodiplodia species associated with dying Euphorbia ingens in South Africa. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (3&4), pp 165-173, Full Text

Mitchell R G, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2011. The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum : implications for South African forestry. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (1), pp 1-13, Full Text

Six DL, Poulsen M, Hansen AK, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Eggleton P, Slippers B, Paine TD: 2011. Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems. Symbiosis, 53, pp 101-121, Full Text

Madoroba E, Steenkamp ET, Theron J, Scheirlinck I, Cloete TE, Huys G: 2011. Diversity and dynamics of bacterial populations during spontaneous sorghum fermentations used to produce ting a South African food. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34, pp 227-234, Full Text

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Mekbib SB, Regnier TJC, Korsten L: 2011. Efficacy and mode of action of yeast antagonists for control of Penicillium digitatum in oranges. Tropical Plant Pathology, 36 (4), pp 233-240, Full Text

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Kuzmin IV, Turmelle AS, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Niezgoda M, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE: 2011. Commerson's Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersonni) is the Likely Reservoir of Shimoni Bat Virus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11 (11), pp 1465-1470, Full Text

Lembo T, Attlan M, Bourhy H, Cleaveland S, Costa P, de Balogh K, Dodet B, Fooks AR, Hiby E, Leanes F, Meslin FX, Miranda ME, Muller T, Nel LH, Rupprecht C E, Tordo N, Tumpey A, Wandeler A, Briggs DJ: 2011. Renewed Global Partnerships and Redesigned Roadmaps for Rabies Prevention and Control.. Veterinary Medicine International, pp 1-18, Full Text

Maree FF, Blignaut B, Aschenbrenner L, Burrage L, Rieder E: 2011. Analysis of SAT1 type foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid proteins: Influence of receptor usage on the properties of virus particles. Virus Research, 155 (2) / Feb, pp 462-472.

Weyer J, Szmyd-Potapczuk A, Blumberg LH, Leman PA, Markotter W, Swanepoel R, Paweska J, Nel LH: 2011. Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 1983-2007. Virus Research, 155, pp 283-290, Full Text

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Thantsha M S, Guest J, Mputle I: 2011. Comparison of different methods for release of Bifidobacterium longum Bb46 from poly vinylpyrrolidone poly vinylacetateco crotonic acid interpolymer complex matrix and the effect of grinding on the microparticles. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 27, pp 2443-2448, Full Text

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