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Dr T Lukhele

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science | Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Email: lukhet@unisa.ac.za
Campus: Science
Building: NB Pityana
Office: A1-070

  • PhD (UNISA)
  • MSc (UJ)
  • BSc (UNESWA) 

Biodiversity analysis of microbial communities inhabiting extreme environments using meta omic techniques and evaluating the environmental bioremediation potential of extremophilic and extremotolerant microorganisms.

  • Environmental analytical chemistry
  • Environmental biotechnology

  • Lukhele T, Ogola H, Selvarajan R, Oruko R, Nyoni H, Mamba B, Msagati T (2021) Metagenomic insights into taxonomic diversity and metabolic potential of bacterial communities associated with tannery waste contaminated soils. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol 19, 2406-2424(2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03298-y.
  • Lukhele T, Selvarajan R, Nyoni H, Mamba B, Msagati T (2019) Diversity and functional profile of bacterial communities at Lancaster acid mine drainage dam, South Africa as revealed by 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing analysis. Extremophiles 23,719–734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-019-01130-7.
  • Lukhele T, Selvarajan R, Nyoni H, Mamba B, Msagati T (2019) Acid Mine Drainage as habitats for distinct microbiomes: Current Knowledge in the era of molecular and omic technologies. Curr Microbiology 77, 657-674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-019-01771-z.
  • Lukhele T, Olivier D, Fotsing M, Tata C, Ikhile M, Krause R, Van Vuuren S, Tantoh Nditeh D (2021) Ethnobotanical survey, phytoconstituents and antibacterial investigation of Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez. bark, fruit, and leaf extracts. In: Ramasami P (ed) Chemical Sciences in the Focus - Volume 1 Pharmaceutical Applications. De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, pp 97-122. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110710823-006

Immobilization of extremophilic bacteria on magnetic nanocomposite adsorbents for environmental bioremediation