ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is one of the world's major coal producers, resulting in the second highest foreign exchange earner for South Africa. However, the mining industry contributes negatively to (ground) water ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Biofouling of water systems is a problem extensively experienced in industry. Although this subject is the focus of many studies, the ability of microorganisms to survive exposure to biocides is still ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Microorganisms show a tendency to accumulate on surfaces in aqueous environments to form biofilms. Microbial biofilms represent a significant problem in public health microbiology as the development ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Microorganisms play an important role in the stability and maintenance of the ecosystem and in the condition of the soil. However, in their natural environment, microorganisms often experience changing ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Little is known about the impact of nutrient conditions on antimicrobial resistance in biofilms grown under continuous flow conditions. Furthermore, community-level response of biofilms to antimicrobial ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Biological removal of sulphate from wastewater can be achieved by using a gas mixture consisting of 80% hydrogen and 20% carbon dioxide as energy and carbon sources. A novel reactor, including a venturi ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Considerable efforts have been made to improve strains of the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae through the use of genetic engineering. Although the process is well defined, globally there is much ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Lactic acid bacteria play an essential role in the majority of fermented foods by producing organoleptic compounds and increasing the shelf life. The best-studied antimicrobial compounds are bacteriocins, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concentrations of copper (Cu) in vineyard soils of the Western Cape range from 0.1 to 20 ppm. However, more than 160 tons of the fungicide copper oxychloride are annually being sprayed on these ...

Intraspecific diversity among yeasts, including basidiomycetous yeasts has mostly been studied from a taxonomic point of view. The heterobasidiomycetous genus Cryptococcus is no exception and it was found to contain ...