Botrytis cinerea Alternaria brassicicola
Penicillium expansum Monilinia fructigena
Rhizopus stolonifer
Aspergillus sclerotiorum
There is a clear absence of fungal growth around wells (1 to 3) containing anti-fungal
lipopeptides (ie. iturin and fengycin) in crude form. Fungi grew around, towards and over
the control well (“C”) containing water.
Dr Vivek Rangarajan, post-doctoral
researcher.
Working with her on the two-year study
(also funded by the PHI Programme and
Hortgro Science) was a uniquely competent,
multi-disciplinary team of specialists with
expertise in the fields of chemical engineering,
biochemistry and microbiology. They were
Dr Vivek Rangarajan and two post-graduate
students, Sebenzile Mazibuko and Willem
Herbst.
“Our research focused on optimising the
biological production and purification of
AWARD WINNING
At the 18th International Conference on
Bioprocess Systems Engineering held in
November 2016, Dr Vivek Rangarajan’s
paper on the purification of lipopeptides
won the best presentation award.
Sebenzile Mazibuko won the best poster
award at the 2016 PHI Programme
Symposium.
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