List of works by Alfred Botha

3-hydroxy fatty acids found in capsules of Cryptococcus neoformans

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50 Years of Emmonsia Disease in Humans: The Dramatic Emergence of a Cluster of Novel Fungal Pathogens

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

A novel oxylipin-associated 'ghosting' phenomenon in yeast flocculation

scientific article published in 2000

An isolation procedure for arachidonic acid producing Mortierella species

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Application of fatty acid profiles in the identification of yeasts.

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Binary Interactions of Antagonistic Bacteria with Candida albicans Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions.

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Bioprospecting for novel oxylipins in fungi: the presence of 3-hydroxy oxylipins in Pilobolus.

scientific article published in October 2001

Comparative analysis of environmental DNA extraction and purification methods from different humic acid-rich soils.

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Degradation of aflatoxin B(1) by fungal laccase enzymes.

scientific article published on 28 July 2009

Diversity and characterization of culturable fungi from marine sediment collected from St. Helena Bay, South Africa

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Draft Genome Sequence of the Lignocellulose-Degrading Ascomycete CAB 683

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Effects of Monoculture, Crop Rotation, and Soil Moisture Content on Selected Soil Physicochemical and Microbial Parameters in Wheat Fields

Effects of small increases in copper levels on culturable basidiomycetous yeasts in low-nutrient soils

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

Elemental distribution patterns in the skins of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) from a mass stranding in South Africa, analysed using micro-PIXE

scientific article published in November 2015

Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa

scientific article published in February 2018

Enhancement of Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) aqueous extract and antioxidant yield with fungal enzymes

scientific article published on 14 May 2008

Establishing a risk-assessment process for release of genetically modified wine yeast into the environment

scientific article published on August 2009

Evidence for, and taxonomic value of, an arachidonic acid cascade in the Lipomycetaceae

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

Evidence of symbiosis between the soil yeast Cryptococcus laurentii and a sclerophyllous medicinal shrub, Agathosma betulina (Berg.) Pillans

scientific article published on 29 October 2008

External ecological niche for Candida albicans within reducing, oxygen-limited zones of wetlands.

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

First report of urease activity in the novel systemic fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus: a comparison with the neurotrope Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Growth and mating of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii on woody debris

scientific article published on 11 October 2008

Hydroxy long-chain fatty acids in fungi.

scientific article published on September 1994

Interspecies differences in the enantioselectivity of epoxide hydrolases in Cryptococcus laurentii (Kufferath) C.E. Skinner and Cryptococcus podzolicus (Bab'jeva & Reshetova) Golubev.

scientific article published in January 2005

Linking the occurrence of cutaneous opportunistic fungal invaders with elemental concentrations in false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) skin

scientific article published on June 2015

Lipomyces mesembrius sp. nov., a member of the L. starkeyi species-complex.

scientific article published on May 1997

Mapping the distribution of 3-hydroxylipins in the Mucorales using immunofluorescence microscopy

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Micro-particle-induced X-ray emission mapping of elemental distribution in roots of a Mediterranean-type sclerophyll, Agathosma betulina (Berg.) Pillans, colonized by Cryptococcus laurentii

scientific article published on 29 January 2010

Microbial Exopolymers Link Predator and Prey in a Model Yeast Biofilm System

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Molecular detection of airborne Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen, in Cape Town, South Africa

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Mucor-a source of cocoa butter and gamma-linolenic acid.

scientific article published in July 1994

Oxylipin Formation in Fungi: Biotransformation of Arachidonic Acid to 3-Hydroxy-5,8-tetradecadienoic Acid byMucor genevensis

scientific article published in December 1998

Physiological properties and fatty acid composition in Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides.

scientific article published in March 1997

Phytase activity in Cryptococcus laurentii ABO 510.

scientific article published on 19 January 2007

Predicting interactions of the frass-associated yeast Hyphopichia heimii with Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and twig-boring bark beetles

scientific article published in 2022

Presence of pathogenic cryptococci on trees situated in two recreational areas in South Africa

scientific article published in 2017

Shifts in community composition provide a mechanism for maintenance of activity of soil yeasts in the presence of elevated copper levels

scientific article published on July 1, 2003

Soil properties that impact yeast and actinomycete numbers in sandy low nutrient soils

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Symbiotic interactions of culturable microbes with the nickel hyperaccumulator Berkheya coddii and the herbivorous insect Chrysolina clathrata

scientific article published in 2012

The distribution and taxonomic value of fatty acids and eicosanoids in the Lipomycetaceae and Dipodascaceae

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

The lignicolous fungus Coniochaeta pulveracea and its interactions with syntrophic yeasts from the woody phylloplane

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

The microcyclic conidial stage of Coniochaeta pulveracea and its effect on selected biological interactions.

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

The osmotic stress tolerance of basidiomycetous yeasts

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The production of gamma-linolenic acid by selected members of the Dikaryomycota grown on different carbon sources

scientific article published in 1997

The value of lipid composition in the taxonomy of the Schizosaccharomycetales.

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Trace Elements in Mediterranean Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from the South African West Coast

scientific article published in December 2015

Yeasts Associated with Culex pipiens and Culex theileri Mosquito Larvae and the Effect of Selected Yeast Strains on the Ontogeny of Culex pipiens

scientific article published on 14 November 2015