Browsing Research Output by Author "Bezuidenhout, Carlos"
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An assessment of perceptions, sources and uses of water among six African communities in the North West Province of South Africa
Coetzee, Hendri; Bezuidenhout, Carlos; Nell, Werner (Water Research Commission, 2016)The aim of this study was to assess perceptions, sources and uses of water among African residents of six different impoverished communities in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa. A sequential exploratory ... -
Effects of Cry1Ab transgenic maize on lifecycle and biomarker responses of the earthworm, Eisenia Andrei
Van der Merwe, Frances; Bezuidenhout, Carlos; Van den Berg, Johnnie; Maboeta, Mark (MDPI, 2012)A 28-day study was conducted to determine the effects of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin on the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Previously, investigations have been limited to life-cycle level effects of this protein ... -
Impact of potential COVID-19 treatment on South African water sources already threatened by pharmaceutical pollution
Horn, Suranie; Vogt, Bianca; Pieters, Rialet; Bouwman, Hindrik; Bezuidenhout, Carlos (Wiley, 2020)AAfter a cluster of human pneumonia cases in Wuhan City (China) on 7 January 2020, a novel coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), was identified as the causative agent of the ... -
Inadequate taxonomy and highly divergent COI haplotypes in laboratory and field populations of earthworms used in ecotoxicology. A case study
Voua Otomo, Patricks; Maboeta, Mark S.; Bezuidenhout, Carlos (Zoological Society of Southern Africa [SU LIS], 2013)DNA barcoding was used to investigate the phylogenetic delimitations of Eisenia sp field populations and laboratory cultures used in ecotoxicological research in South Africa. A total of three focal groups (used in published ... -
Interactions of the antimicrobial peptide nisin Z with conventional antibiotics and the use of nanostructured lipid carriers to enhance antimicrobial activity
Lewies, Angélique; Wentzel, Johannes Frederik; Jordaan, Anine; Bezuidenhout, Carlos; Du Plessis, Lissinda Hester (Elsevier, 2017)Antimicrobial resistance is an imminent threat to the effective prevention and treatment of bacterial infections and alternative antimicrobial strategies are desperately needed. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) may be promising ...