Position: Lecturer
Contact: ahitzeroth@uwc.ac.za/arinacj@gmail.com
Research Project: Food spoilage
Who am I: I was born in Kuruman, Northern Cape and grew up in a small town called Noupoort that is in the Northern Cape as well. I moved to Stellenbosch University and finished my undergraduate degree and later moved to Bloemfontein to finish my PhD in Microbiology. I completed two post-doctoral fellowships at Free State University and later accepted a position as scientific officer in the food Microbiology department. I enjoyed the work there very much and continued what with this line of research when I joined IMBM in November 2018. My research focus is on food spoilage organisms, their interactions which leading to food spoilage and food wastage and methods to curb their effects.
Publications:
Oosthuizen L., Charimba G., Hitzeroth A., Lum Nde A., Steyn L., Newman J. and Hugo C. (2019) Chryseobacterium pennipullorum sp. nov., isolated from poultry feather waste. International Journal of Systematic and evolutionaty Microbiology. DOI 10.1099
Matu A., Lum Nde A., Oosthuizen L., Hitzeroth A., Badenhorst M., Duba L., Gidaga M., Klinck J., Kriek I-M., Lekoma P.J., Nel L., dos Ramos S.M., Rossouw J., Salomane N., Segone N., Serobe S., Tiyani T., Hugo C.J., and Newman J.D. (2019) Draft genome sequences of seven Chryseobacterium type strains. Microbial Resource Announcement 8:e01518-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01518-18.
Fritzen A., Risinger C., Korukluo?lu G., Christova I., Hitzeroth A.C., Viljoen N., Burt F.J., Mirazimi A., and Blixt O. (2018) Epitope-mapping of the glycoprotein from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus using a microarray approach. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 12, (7): e0006598 8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pntd.0006598.
Hellmuth J.E., Hitzeroth A.C., Bragg R.R. & Boucher C.E, (2016) Evaluation of the ERIC-PCR as a probable method to differentiate Avibacterium paragallinarum serovars. Avian Pathology (21), 1 – 8.
Boucher C.E., Theron C.W., Hitzeroth A.C. & Bragg R.R. (2015) Regulation of chicken immunity-related genes and host response profiles against Avibacterium paragallinarum pathogen challenge, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology (167), 70-74.
Bragg R.R., Jansen A.C., Coetzee M., van der Westhuizen W. & Boucher C.E. (2014). Bacterial resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) disinfectants. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (88), 1-13.
Boucher C.E., Theron C., Jansen A.C. and Bragg R. R. (2014). Transcriptional profiling of chicken immunity-related genes during infection with Avibacteriumparagallinarum. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology (3) 1-28.
Seedat R.Y., Thukane M., Jansen A.C., Rossouw I., Goedhals D. & Burt F.J. (2010). HPV types causing juvenile recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in South Africa. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 74, 255 – 259.
Jansen A.C., Boucher C.E., Coetsee E., Kock J.L.F., van Wyk P.W.J., Swart H.C., & Bragg R.R. (2013). The influence of Didecyldimethylammonium Chloride on the morphology and elemental composition of Staphylococcus aureus as determined by NanoSAM. Scientific research and essays 8(3), 152 – 160.