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Theses and Dissertations (Microbiology): Recent submissions
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(2019)In an effort to align the current research with the country’s biofuel strategy, the aim of the study was to utilize banana pseudostem in the production of fungal cellulolytic enzymes and bioethanol through fermentation of ...
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(2019)Marula wine plays a fundamental role in the livelihoods of rural communities where it enhances social cohesion and also provides a reasonable income to the primary traders who often have no alternative source of income. ...
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(2019)The emergence of drug resistance to the first line drugs complicates the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), especially in parts of sub-Saharan Africa where accessibility to quality health care is limited. The search for ...
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(2019)Schkuhria pinnata was selected for this study based on its use in traditional medicine. This study was aimed at isolating and charactserising antimycobacterial compounds from S. pinnata. Different extraction procedures ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2019)Informal street traders and traditional health practitioners at Ga Maja (Limpopo Province) primarily offer consumers semi-processed herbal concoctions that are indicated to have blood-cleansing, immune-boosting, detoxifying, ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2019)Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten diseases that causes morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although TB is curable, the main problem currently with TB is development resistance to the current chemotherapy. Medicinal ...
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(2018)Dry bean is one of the most important cash crops and source of protein for small holder farmers. Low yields of dry bean are often reported to be associated with lack of inoculation (Arbuscular mycorrihizal fungi) of seeds ...
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(2018)Beer is one of the most widely consumed alcoholic beverages in the world. The brewing process is based on natural enzymatic activities that take place during the malting of barley grain, mashing of grist and fermentation ...
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(2017)This study was aimed at isolating and evaluating the antibacterial, antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of active compounds from selected medicinal plant species. The biological activities and cytotoxic effects of Commelina ...
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Analysis of the bio-physicochemical quality of surface and ground water in the Tubatse Municipality (University of Limpopo, 2016)Human activities are known to be the major contributors to contamination of natural water sources. This becomes a serious health risk when the communities rely on the same water sources for their household water needs. The ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2016)Titania is a cheap and nontoxic polymorphic material of current interest for a variety of technological applications like in gas sensing and photovoltaic cells. Generally, TiO2, with a band gap of 3.2 eV, can only be excited ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2015)The study has focused on the effects of different acids treatments on the nanostructure of MWCNTs; doping metal oxides (copper oxide (CuO), Iron (III) oxide (Fe2O3), nickel oxide (NiO) and cobalt oxide (Co3O4)) on MWCNTs ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2015)This dissertation investigated the properties of ferrierite synthesised using different SiO2 sources under identical conditions. The SiO2 sources used were TEOS, water-glass, Aerosil 200 and Ludox LS-30. The synthesis ...
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(University of Limpopo, 2015)Five plant species: Ziziphus mucronata, Senna italica, Lantana camara, Ricinus communis and Lippia javanica, were selected for this study based on their use in traditional medicine. In preliminary screening, crude extracts ...
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(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013)As the topic states, the research is about the abuse of men in the society (Northern Sotho society in particular). Men, like women and children, are also abused, but unlike in the case of women and children, ...
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(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013)The production of cellulase is a key factor in the hydrolysis of cellulosic materials and it is essential to make the process economically viable. Cellulases are the most studied multi- enzyme complex and comprise of ...
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(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013)The current study investigated four fungal species namely Aspergillus niger FGSC A733, Aspergillus versicolor EF23, Penicillium citrinum AZ01 and Trichoderma harzianum NCGR 0509 for their abilities to produce cellulases ...
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(University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011)Pterocarpus angolensis seed lectin (PAL), a 28 kDa non glycosylated protein, was initially successfully cloned and expressed in E. coli for ease of high protein production. It was discovered, however, as in similar studies ...
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(2011)Lectins are among a large number of proteins produced by mushrooms. Mushroom lectins with important biological functions have been isolated and studied. However, none of the studies were reported on lectins isolated from ...
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