ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The argument of whether to use food for biofuel (bioethanol) production prompted the search for an
alternative non-food biomass, such as lignocellulose, as feedstock for bioethanol production. However, ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Lignocellulose, which is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, is the main structural component of plant cell walls. Xylan is the main structural component of hemicellulose. Xylan is a complex ...
Nel, De Wet Andries(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Humanity is currently dependant on fossil fuels as an energy source. Increasing
economic development and industrialization is, however, raising the demand for this
unsustainable energy source. This ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Barley malt is the predominant raw material for beer brewing world-wide. To meet consumer demand, a constant high quality malt product is required. Malt quality is determined by the degree of substrate ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bacterial resistance against antibiotic treatments is a global concern and resistance to almost every known antibiotic has already been reported. There is thus a significant need for the development of ...
Heunis, Tiaan de Jager(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Skin is the largest organ in the human body and serves as a barrier that protects the underlying tissue of the host from infection. Injury, however, destroys this protective barrier and provides a perfect ...
Van Zyl, W. H.Chimphango, A. F. A.Den Haan, R.Gorgens, J. F.Chirwa, P. W. C.(The Royal Society, 2011-02)
The world is currently heavily dependent on oil, especially in the transport sector. However,
rising oil prices, concern about environmental impact and supply instability are among the
factors that have led to greater ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grapevine trunk diseases are caused by invasive pathogens that are responsible for the
slow decline of vines. In particular, Eutypa dieback of grapevine has had a devastating
impact on vineyards worldwide, ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Heterologous gene expression is of considerable interest for the production of proteins
of therapeutic and industrial importance. As the nature of recombinant proteins has
become more complex and as ...
Rawlings, Douglas E(Central South University Press, Lushan South Road 932, 410083 Changsha, Hunan Province, PR China, 2011-09)
A selection of significant discoveries in the general field of biomining over the past thirty years with which the author has been directly or indirectly involved will be reviewed. Early steps in the development of the ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research on probiotics has increased over the past years, which led to commercialization of a
number of probiotic supplements and functional foods. In vitro assays such as tolerance to acid
and bile, ...
De Villiers, Tania(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study strives to improve two current industrial processes by making them more cost effective
through the use of hydrolytic enzymes or microbial systems. The first process targeted is the
industrial ...
Van der Merwe, Jacobus Arnoldus(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The arsenic resistance operon (ars operon) of the Gram-positive, iron-oxidizing, acidophilic,
moderately thermophilic bacterium, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans VKM B-1269T (Sb. t.
VKM B-1269T), was ...
Van Heerden, Andrea(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is commonly known that a diversity of fungi, including yeasts, may occur on
plant surfaces. Similarly, on fallen trees an ecological succession of different
fungal species is known to occur during ...