Ground temperature and hydrogeological conditions are key parameters for many engineering applications, such as the design of building basements and underground spaces and the assessment of shallow geothermal energy potential.Especially in urban areas, in the very shallow depths, it is diffi cult to fi nd natural undisturbed underground thermal con
Scrub typhus is an acute, and sometimes fatal, human febrile illness, typically successfully treated COLON CARE using chloramphenicol or one of the tetracyclines.Over the past several years, descriptions of strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi with reduced susceptibility to antibiotics have appeared.Because case-fatality ratios approached 50% during t
The model temperate grass Brachypodium distachyon is considered a nonhost for wheat rust diseases caused by Puccinia graminis f.sp.tritici, P.triticina, and P.striiformis.Up to 140 Brachypodium accessions were infected with these three rust species, in addition to P.graminis ff.spp.avena and phalaridis.Related B.distachyon lines showed similar cyto
Intercellular communication is commonly mediated by the regulated fusion, or exocytosis, of vesicles with the cell surface.SNARE (soluble N-ethymaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins are the catalytic core of the secretory machinery, driving vesicle and plasma membrane merger.Plasma membrane SNAREs (tSNAREs) are proposed t
ABSTRACT Pacus of the genus Myloplus represent a formidable taxonomic challenge, and particularly so for the case of M.asterias and M.rubripinnis, two widespread and common species that harbor considerable morphological diversity.Here we apply DNA barcoding and multiple species discovery methods to find candidate species in this complex group.We re