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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Microbiology and Plant Pathology
  
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Bacterial pathogens in water

The research focus entails the development of detection and identification methods, as well as a study of the fate (survival) of water-borne pathogens. Detection, typing and identification methods for Campylobacter and Vibrio cholerae in biofilms as well as surface and drinking water sources are developed. The prevalence of bacterial pathogens in biofilms associated with drinking water is investigated, as is the survival of pathogens in fesh water sediments.

Postgraduate students' research projects completed in 2001 (titles of dissertations and theses)

Dissertations

Diergaardt SM: Campylobacter in water (Prof VS Brözel)

Goosen C: Development of PCR-based detection assays gor Legionella pneumophila (Mnr SN Venter)

Goosen C: Development of PCR-based detection assays for Legionella pneumophila in water (Mnr SN Venter)

Van Heerden J: The determination of microbiial species diversity and evenness inactivated sludge systems (Prof TE Cloete)

Theses

Le Grange C: The surface water monitoring network in South Africa: Optimisation and a decision support system (Prof TE Cloete)