Willem H. van Zyl

Research.com Recognitions

• Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
• Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
• Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Best Publications

• Microbial cellulose utilization: fundamentals and biotechnology.

  Lee R. Lynd;Paul J. Weimer;Willem H. van Zyl;Isak S. Pretorius

  6472
  Citations

• Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulosic biomass: an update.

  Lee R Lynd;Willem H van Zyl;John E McBride;Mark Laser

  1808
  Citations

• Consolidated bioprocessing for bioethanol production using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  Willem H. van Zyl;Lee R. Lynd;Riaan den Haan;John E. McBride

  401
  Citations

• Degradation of aflatoxin B1 by fungal laccase enzymes

  J.F. Alberts;W.C.A. Gelderblom;W.C.A. Gelderblom;A. Botha;W.H. van Zyl

  391
  Citations

• Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for xylose utilization.

  Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal;C. Fredrik Wahlbom;Márk Gárdonyi;Willem H. van Zyl

  352
  Citations

• Degradation of aflatoxin B1 by cell-free extracts of Rhodococcus erythropolis and Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans sp. nov. DSM44556T

  O.D. Teniola;P.A. Addo;I.M. Brost;P. Färber

  348
  Citations

• Biological degradation of aflatoxin B1 by Rhodococcus erythropolis cultures

  J.F. Alberts;Y. Engelbrecht;P.S. Steyn;W.H. Holzapfel

  333
  Citations

• Hydrolysis and fermentation of amorphous cellulose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  Riaan Den Haan;Shaunita H. Rose;Lee R. Lynd;Willem H. van Zyl

  328
  Citations

• Role of cultivation media in the development of yeast strains for large scale industrial use

  Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal;Kaisa Karhumaa;Christer U Larsson;Marie Gorwa-Grauslund

  283
  Citations

• Fungal β-mannanases: Mannan hydrolysis, heterologous production and biotechnological applications

  Willem H. van Zyl;Shaunita H Rose;Kim M Trollope;Johann F Görgens

  230
  Citations

• Engineering yeast for efficient cellulose degradation

  Pierre Van Rensburg;Willem H. Van Zyl;Isak S. Pretorius

  219
  Citations

• Generation of the improved recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae TMB 3400 by random mutagenesis and physiological comparison with Pichia stipitis CBS 6054

  C.Fredrik Wahlbom;Willem H. van Zyl;Leif J. Jönsson;Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

  205
  Citations

• Deletion of the GRE3 aldose reductase gene and its influence on xylose metabolism in recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the xylA and XKS1 genes.

  K. L. Träff;K. L. Träff;R. R. Otero Cordero;W. H. van Zyl;B. Hahn-Hägerdal

  200
  Citations

• Molecular Analysis of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutant with Improved Ability To Utilize Xylose Shows Enhanced Expression of Proteins Involved in Transport, Initial Xylose Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

  C. Fredrik Wahlbom;Ricardo R. Cordero Otero;Willem H. van Zyl;Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

  188
  Citations

• Expression of a Trichoderma reesei beta-xylanase gene (XYN2) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  D C la Grange;I S Pretorius;W H van Zyl

  182
  Citations

• High level secretion of cellobiohydrolases by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  Marja Ilmén;Riaan den Haan;Elena Brevnova;John L. McBride

  180
  Citations

• Engineering cellulolytic ability into bioprocessing organisms

  Daniel C. la Grange;Riaan den Haan;Willem H. van Zyl

  179
  Citations

• Progress and challenges in the engineering of non-cellulolytic microorganisms for consolidated bioprocessing

  Riaan den Haan;Eugéne van Rensburg;Shaunita H Rose;Johann F Görgens

  174
  Citations

• Characterization and heterologous expression of a class IIa bacteriocin, plantaricin 423 from Lactobacillus plantarum 423, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  C.A Van Reenen;M.L Chikindas;W.H Van Zyl;L.M.T Dicks

  166
  Citations

• Degradation of Xylan to D-Xylose by Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Coexpressing the Aspergillus niger β-Xylosidase (xlnD) and the Trichoderma reesei Xylanase II (xyn2) Genes

  D. C. La Grange;I. S. Pretorius;M. Claeyssens;W. H. van Zyl

  162
  Citations