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A metabolomics investigation of tuberculous meningitis in infants and children
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
This thesis, titled: ‘A metabolomics investigation of Tuberculous Meningitis in infants and children’, deals with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most severe complication of tuberculosis (TB) and major pandemic of our ...
Improving a biosignature for respiratory chain deficiencies in a South African cohort
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Mitochondria are the cell’s main energy producing site, found in the cytoplasm of nearly all eukaryotic cells. These organelles generate cellular energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), mostly by means of the ...
Standardisation and implementation of an optimised method for lipid profiling of microbial communities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
Although the importance of phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis to characterise microbial
communities has been recognised over the years, the vast number of modifications to this traditional
method as well as discrepancies ...