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  1. Biocontrol of Fusarium Species Utilizing Indigenous Rooibos and Honeybush Extracts

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  2. Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. strain YC2, an Isolate from the South African Medicinal Plant Pelargonium sidoides

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  3. The copper transporter, Ctr4, and the microtubule-associated protein, Cgp1, are important for Cryptococcus neoformans adaptation to nitrogen availability

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  4. Transcriptomic response ofCryptococcus neoformansto ecologically relevant nitrogen concentrations

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  5. Nitrogen concentration affects amphotericin B and fluconazole tolerance of pathogenic cryptococci

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  6. QTL analysis of natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates reveals unique alleles involved in lignocellulosic inhibitor tolerance

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  7. The antifungal and Cryptococcus neoformans virulence attenuating activity of Pelargonium sidoides extracts

    Article • Journal of Ethnopharmacology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  8. Draft Genome Sequence of the Lignocellulose-Degrading Ascomycete Coniochaeta pulveracea CAB 683

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  9. Proteome response of two natural strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with divergent lignocellulosic inhibitor stress tolerance

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  10. The heterologous expression potential of an acid-tolerant Talaromyces pinophilus β-glucosidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  11. Malic Acid Distribution and Degradation in Grape Must During Skin Contact: The Influence of Recombinant Malo-Ethanolic Wine Yeast Strains

    Article • South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture, April 2017, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  12. Malic Acid in Wine: Origin, Function and Metabolism during Vinification

    Article • South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture, March 2017, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  13. How to predict high fructosyltransferase activity in fungal GH32 enzymes

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  14. An improved β-fructofuranosidase for industrial sucrose-to-fructooligosaccharide biotransformation

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  15. New quantification method for fructooligosaccharides

    Article • Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  16. Screening a random mutagenesis library of a fungal β-fructofuranosidase using FT-MIR ATR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  17. Identification of the gene for β-fructofuranosidase from Ceratocystis moniliformis CMW 10134 and characterization of the enzyme expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • BMC Biotechnology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  18. Comparative secretome analysis of Trichoderma asperellum S4F8 and Trichoderma reesei Rut C30 during solid-state fermentation on sugarcane bagasse

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  19. An investigation of Clostridium species present in nutraceutical preparations of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) for human consumption

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  20. Antibiosis and dark-pigments secretion by the phytopathogenic and environmental fungal species after interaction in vitro with a Bacillus subtilis isolate

    Article • Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, October 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  21. Overview of parameters influencing biomass and bioreactor performance used for extracellular ligninase production from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Article • Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, October 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  22. Heterologous expression of a Clostridium minicellulosome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk, Henri Fierobe

  23. Limitations of a membrane gradostat bioreactor designed for enzyme production from biofilms of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, December 2008, IWA Publishing

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  24. Oxygen mass transfer for an immobilised biofilm of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in a membrane gradostat reactor

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, December 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  25. Metabolic engineering of malolactic wine yeast

    Article • Metabolic Engineering, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  26. Cloning and expression of the malolactic gene of Pediococcus damnosus NCFB1832 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  27. Genetic Engineering of an Industrial Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for L-Malic Acid Degradation via an Efficient Malo-Ethanolic Pathway

    Article • South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture, May 2004, Stellenbosch University

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  28. Malo-ethanolic fermentation in Saccharomyces and Schizosaccharomyces

    Article • Current Genetics, June 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  29. Differential malic acid degradation by selected strains of Saccharomyces during alcoholic fermentation

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, May 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  30. Malo-ethanolic fermentation in grape must by recombinant strains ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Yeast, January 2001, Wiley

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  31. Transcriptional Regulation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Malic Enzyme Gene, mae2

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 1999, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk

  32. Engineering pathways for malate degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, March 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heinrich Volschenk