Browsing by Subject "Metagenomics"
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16SrRNA-based bacterial community profiling of Haemonchus contortus infecting Dohne Merino sheep using next generation sequencing
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Gastrointestinal parasitism causes major economic losses in most livestock species including small ruminants’ production throughout the world. The control of gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) parasites is mostly based on ... -
Biological crusts of serpentine and non-serpentine soils from the Barberton Greenstone Belt of South Africa
(Springer, 2017)Climate and geography can influence biological soil crust (BSC) community composition, but local heterogeneity in variables such as soil characteristics or microclimate gradients can also impact cryptogamic diversity. Heavy ... -
Diversity and functionality of rhizobacteria associated with different growth stages of maize plants under field conditions
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)The near root region of plants (rhizosphere) is a complex terrain where bacteria communities play significant roles in ecological system functions. The rhizosphere is capable of both directly and indirectly influencing the ... -
Exploration of tick-borne pathogens and microbiota of dog ticks collected at Potchefstroom Animal Welfare Society
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Ticks are blood-feeding pests of domestic and wild animals. Next to mosquitoes ticks are notorious for the transmission of pathogenic organisms to their mammalian hosts. Companion animals also suffer from tick infestations ... -
Maize microbial community modulates plant health in North West Province, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Food sustainability is a serious agricultural issue that needs to be watched. The effective functioning of the rhizosphere microbiome significantly contributes to plant development, disease resistance, and agricultural ... -
Metagenomic analyses of bacterial endophytes associated with the phyllosphere of a Bt maize cultivar and its isogenic parental line from South Africa
(Springer, 2017)Genetic modification of maize with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry proteins may predispose shifts in the bacterial endophytes’ community associated with maize shoots. In this study, the diversity of bacterial endophytes ... -
Metagenomic analysis of agricultural soils under organic and inorganic fertilization
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Soil fertilization is an age-old agricultural practice aimed at increasing soil nutrition and soil health. Recently, agriculturists have come to the realization that inorganic fertilizer application over time could result ... -
Metagenomic profiling dataset of bacterial communities of a drinking water supply system (DWSS) in the arid Namaqualand region, South Africa: source (lower Orange River) to point-of-use (O'Kiep)
(Elsevier, 2019)The metagenomic data presented herein contains the bacterial community profile of a drinking water supply system (DWSS) supplying O'Kiep, Namaqualand, South Africa. Representative samples from the source (Orange River) to ... -
The microbiome and Tuberculosis - filling the gaps
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Globally tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of mortality from any infectious agent. Evidence has shown that there are links between TB and the human microbiome and that alterations to the host micro flora in ... -
Molecular characterization of horse flies (Diptera : Tabanidae) and determination of their role in transmission of haemoparasites in southern Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Tabanids are biting flies commonly referred to as horse flies, deer flies or clegs. They belong to the family Tabanidae composed of more than 4 400 species belonging to 114 genera with a cosmopolitan distribution. Tabanids ...