Francisco Brusa, and Martin M. Montes, and Paula Marcotegui, and Sergio R. Martorelli

In this paper, we describe two new species of Syndesmis living in Pseudechinus magellanicus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. The new species have a long stylet in the male reproductive system, which is different from that of the known species of the genus. Specimens of Syndesmis selknami n. sp. have a ∼220-μm-long stylet (∼1/3 of the body length, 0.69 mm). This ratio is unique because only four species (Syndesmis echinorum, Syndesmis rubida, Syndesmis inconspicua and Syndesmis echiniacuti) have ...

Elena Mariani, and Nicoletta Rizzi, and Nicoletta Cesari, and Adriana Maggi, and Giovanni Savoini

Some fatty acids, such as CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) and n-3 fatty acids modulate immune and inflammatory response in ruminants and monogastrics; their supplementation alters fatty acids profile of meat and milk, enhancing their nutritional quality. However, it is still unclear if their addition causes oxidative damage to animals. Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays an important role in cellular defenses against oxidative stress, indeed it produces a rapid induction of its target...

Taal Levi, and Rachel E. Wheat, and Jennifer M. Allen, and Christopher C. Wilmers

Salmon and other anadromous fish are consumed by vertebrates with distinct life history strategies to capitalize on this ephemeral pulse of resource availability. Depending on the timing of salmon arrival, this resource may be in surplus to the needs of vertebrate consumers if, for instance, their populations are limited by food availability during other times of year. However, the life history of some consumers enables more efficient exploitation of these ephemeral resources. Bears can deposit ...

Oleg Andrejev, and Tarmo Soomere, and Alexander Sokolov, and Kai Myrberg

The paper addresses the sensitivity of a novel method for quantifying the environmental risks associated with the current-driven transport of adverse impacts released from offshore sources (e.g. ship traffic) with respect to the spatial resolution of the underlying hydrodynamic model. The risk is evaluated as the probability of particles released in different sea areas hitting the coast and in terms of the time after which the hit occurs (particle age) on the basis of a statistical analysis of l...

Fassa Anaclaudia Gastal, and Facchini Luiz Augusto, and Dall'Agnol Marinel Mór

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) proposed this international historical cohort study trying to solve the controversy about the increased risk of cancer in the workers of the Pulp and Paper Industry. One of the most important aspects presented by this study in Brazil was the strategies used to overcome the methodological challenges, such as: data access, data accuracy, data availability, multiple data sources, and the large follow-up period. Through multiple strategies it wa...

EDI RUDI

This research was conducted at three sites (Lancang, Pari, and Payung Islands) in the coral reef ecosystem of Kepulauan Seribu, from March 2004 to March 2005 in order to study pattern of coral recruitment. Limestone substrata as collectors were laid for 3 months at 5 and 10 m waters depth at each site, and further were taken and replace with new ones. The result shows that significant recruits number were occurred between locations, number of coral recruits became higher in the direction to the ...

José Soares dos Santos, and Maria Lúcia Pires dos Santos, and Elisabeth de Oliveira

<abstract language="eng">The spatial and temporal retention of metals has been studied in water and sediments of the Gavião River, Anagé and Tremedal Reservoirs, located in the semi-arid region, Bahia - Brazil, in order to identify trends in the fluxes of metals from the sediments to the water column. The determination of metals was made by ICP OES and ET AAS. The application of statistical methods showed that this aquatic system presents suitable conditions to move Cd2+ and Pb2+ from the water ...

Petcharat, V. and, and Tongwised, A.

The objective of this study was to determine the optimum rate of oil palm kernel meal, for an abalone mushroom (Pleurotus cystidiosus) cultivation. Different concentrations of oil palm kernel meal (5- 20%) were added to pararubber sawdust and used to grow the abalone mushroom in plastic bags. Growth rate of the mycelia, number of days from watering to harvesting and yield were compared to those on 94% sawdust + 5% rice bran + 1% Ca(OH)2. The results showed that 10% oil palm kernel meal was the o...

Min-kyung Kim, and Seong-uk Park, and Woo-sang Jung, and Sang-Kwan Moon, and Jung-mi Park, and Chang-nam Ko, and Ki-Ho Cho, and Young-Suk Kim, and Hyung-sup Bae

Objectives : This pilot study is designed to reveal the effect of Carthami-semen acupuncture treatment on chronic daily headache. Methods : 1. All the voluntary subjects were diagnosed as CDH. 2. Carthami-semen acupuncture is applied 2 times a week for 4 weeks. 3. The patients were assessed by Headache impairment test score(HIT), Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey, and Headache Free Days(HFD) before and after 4 weeks treatment, and two weeks the treatment finished. Results : The result wer...

E. Bortolucci, and S. Tinti

Tsunamis induced by landslides are a topic on which growing attention is being paid especially under the pressure of recent events in which movement of underwater masses have been recognised to be the certain or likely cause of the observed tsunami. Here analytical methods and idealised cases are used to investigate tsunami generation by submarine slides that undergo negligible deformation during their motion, such as slumps. The general solution of the 1D Cauchy linear problem for long water wa...

S. D. Archer, and S. A. Kimmance, and J. A. Stephens, and F. E. Hopkins, and R. G. J. Bellerby, and K. G. Schulz, and J. Piontek, and A. Engel

Increasing atmospheric CO₂ is decreasing ocean pH most rapidly in colder regions such as the Arctic. As a component of the EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification) pelagic mesocosm experiment off Spitzbergen in 2010, we examined the consequences of decreased pH and increased <i>p</i>CO₂ on the concentrations of dimethylsulphide (DMS). DMS is an important reactant and contributor to aerosol formation and growth in the Arctic troposphere. In the nine mesocosms with ini...

Carlos Molinet, and Edwin J Niklitschek, and Susana Coper, and Manuel Díaz, and Patricio A Díaz, and Mónica Fuentealba, and Francisca Marticorena

The Chilean government in 1994 enacted its National Policy for the Use of the Coastal Fringe (NPUCF) to promote sustainable development within the context of international requirements. One of the main NPUCF goals was to promote the harmonious coastal development by zoning of these coastal areas for defined uses. In this study, the first zoning process in Chile is discussed, which took place in the fjords and channels of Patagonia Aysén region. Its potential contribution to sustainable developme...

Cedar I García-Ríos, and Francisco J Soto-Santiago, and Ricardo J Colón-Rivera, and Javier R Medina-Hernández

Se describen y comparan las comunidades de gasterópodos asociados al alga verde calcárea H. opuntia. Se compararon estas comunidades en arrecifes coralinos de lugares geográfica y ambientalmente diferentes, uno en el noreste de Puerto Rico, frente a los vientos alisios (barlovento), el otro en el suroeste (sotavento). Se analizó el contenido de 15 lotes (2432 g) de H. opuntia recolectadas en la estación de sotavento y 21 lotes (2448 g) en la de barlovento. En los 36 lotes se recuperaron 526 gast...

Anna Rozwadowska

The relative "plane-parallel" error in a mean cloud optical thickness retrieved from ground-based pyranometer measurements is estimated. The plane-parallel error is defined as the bias introduced by the assumption in the radiative transfer model used in cloud optical thickness retrievals that the atmosphere, including clouds, is horizontally homogeneous on the scale of an individual retrieval. The error is estimated for the optical thickness averaged over the whole domain, which simulates the me...

Dawid Van der Vyver, and Beatriz Capdevielle

In this article Professor van der Vyver, Chairman of the Exkcutive Committee of the UPITRAIL * Trust, states in the first place the goal of the UPITRAIL pilot project, which is to demonstrate convincingly that it can effectively contribute towards addressing the needs outlined by Professor Thembela in the previous article. In the second place he describes the endeavours that preceded and contributed to the inception of the pilot project and of the educational Trust which administers it. In the t...

Sathyabama Chellappa, and Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, and Leucio Câmara Alves, and Elizete Teresinha Santos Cavalcanti, and Ricardo Massato Takemoto

White mullet is a commercial fish species abundant in the coastal waters of Brazil. This study investigated the occurrence of crustacean ectoparasites on white mullet, <em>Mugil curema</em> captured from the littoral waters of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. From 2006 to 2007, 31 individuals of <em>M. curema</em> were captured and encountered ectoparasites were observed, identified and counted. M. curema was parasitized by ectoparasitic crustaceans, caligid copepods, <em>Caligus bonito</em> a...

P. Shekk, and M. Burgaz

Purpose. The development of the technology of the controlled rearing of marine fish remains one of the priority strategic trends of development of national mariculture. A study of the possibility of using polyculture for cage culture has a particular interest. Joint cultivation of several species of fish in the same cage, as practice of fish farming has demonstrated, does not have a tangible positive effect. At the same time, the use of cages of special design can provide significant additional ...

Naglaa Farag Soliman, and Samir Mahmoud Nasr

Objective: To conduct a health risk assessment of some heavy metals attributed to consumption of common edible fish species available for consumers. Methods: Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn were determined in muscles, gills, livers, bones and skins of six common edible fish species, namely Oreochromis niloticus, Mugil cephalus, Sardinella aurita, Mullus barbatus, Boops boops, Pagrus pagrus. Concentrations of heavy metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer...

Simone Marques, and Beatrice Padovani Ferreira

There is little knowledge on the reproduction of the genus Alphestes. The reproduction of the Mutton hamlet, Alphestes afer, sampled in Pernambuco reefs (Brazil) was studied based on macroscopic analysis during reproductive period and histological analysis of gonad material from March 2008 to October 2009. This study showed that A. afer is a diandric, protogynous hermaphrodite. Sex change followed protogynous mode in two pathways: primary males formed from immature female individuals or secondar...

Kuranov Yu. F.

In the paper the dynamics and problems of development of the aqueous bioresources of the Atlantic and Arctic Seas by the enterprises of the Northern basin have been considered. Quantitative and structural changes in the structure of fishing fleet have been shown; the influence of these changes on effectiveness of fishing activity and completeness of the resource base development has been analyzed

Peter KAPUSTIN

Based on experiences of member organizations in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, for example, and based on the realization that quality in Sport for All programs and events depends on professionalism, “The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA)” created and started a special educati on program in Sport for All Management in 2007 – the so - “called Certified Leadership Course (CLC)”. In a five days program, international and nati...

Fedorov G. M., and Mikhailov A. S., and Kuznetsova T.Yu.

Earliest studies into the influence of the sea on the economy and settlement structure date back to the mid-19th century. They became common in the 20th century. Researchers have come to a general understanding that a coastal position has a beneficial effect on the development of regions. Such areas have a denser population and develop more rapidly than inland regions. At the same time, the effect of environmental, socioeconomic, demographic, and political factors is often stronger than the infl...

Ehsan Fayazzadeh, and Sina Rahimpour, and Seyed Mohsen Ahmadi, and Shahrokh Farzampour, and Maryam Sotoudeh Anvari, and Mohammad Ali Boroumand, and Seyed Hossein Ahmadi

Gum tragacanth is a natural complex mixture of polysaccharides and alkaline minerals extracted from species of Astragalus plant, which is found widely in arid regions of the Middle East. In a pilot experimental study we examined the effects of its topical application on wound healing in ten albino adult male rats. Two similar parasagittal elliptical full-thickness wounds (control vs. test samples) were created on the dorsum of each animal. Test group samples were fully covered by a thin layer of...

A. H. Baker, and Y. Hu, and D. M. Hammerling, and Y.-H. Tseng, and H. Xu, and X. Huang, and F. O. Bryan, and G. Yang

The Parallel Ocean Program (POP), the ocean model component of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), is widely used in climate research. Most current work in CESM-POP focuses on improving the model's efficiency or accuracy, such as improving numerical methods, advancing parameterization, porting to new architectures, or increasing parallelism. Since ocean dynamics are chaotic in nature, achieving bit-for-bit (BFB) identical results in ocean solutions cannot be guaranteed for even tiny code mo...

Selçuk Uzmanoğlu, and Meral Soylu

Hugo H. L. Saulino, and Susana Trivinho-Strixino

ABSTRACT Invasive macrophytes threaten freshwater ecosystem biodiversity. We analyzed the impact of the invasive white ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium J. König, Zingiberaceae) on aquatic insect assemblages living in the littoral zone of a tropical reservoir. We took aquatic insect samples in the littoral zone on four main vegetal profile banks: white ginger monotypic bank, forest partially invaded, native macrophyte monotypic bank and riparian forest. At each vegetal bank, we measured abiotic ...

Samuel Oliveira de Afonseca, and Felipe Melo Cruz, and Daniel de Iracema Gomes Cubero, and Andrea Thaumaturgo Lera, and Fernanda Schindler, and Marcia Okawara, and Luiz Fernando de Souza, and Nataly Pimentel Rodrigues, and Auro del Giglio

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVEOxaliplatin is one of the chemotherapy regimens most used for treating colorectal cancer. One of the main limitations to its use is induction of peripheral neuropathy. Previous studies have shown that vitamin E can reduce the incidence of peripheral neuropathy by 50%. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of vitamin E for prevention of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy.DESIGN AND SETTINGProspective, phase II, randomized pilot study developed at a university ho...

Carolin Haug, and Shane T. Ahyong, and Joris H. Wiethase, and Jørgen Olesen, and Joachim T. Haug

ABSTRACT Larvae of stomatopods (mantis shrimps) are generally categorized into four larval types: antizoea, pseudozoea (both representing early larval stages), alima and erichthus (the latter two representing later larval stages). These categories, however, do not reflect the existing morphological diversity of stomatopod larvae, which is largely unstudied. We describe here four previously unknown larval types with extreme morphologies. All specimens were found in the collections of the Zoologic...

M. Schartau, and P. Wallhead, and J. Hemmings, and U. Löptien, and I. Kriest, and S. Krishna, and B. A. Ward, and T. Slawig, and A. Oschlies

To describe the underlying processes involved in oceanic plankton dynamics is crucial for the determination of energy and mass flux through an ecosystem and for the estimation of biogeochemical element cycling. Many planktonic ecosystem models were developed to resolve major processes so that flux estimates can be derived from numerical simulations. These results depend on the type and number of parameterizations incorporated as model equations. Furthermore, the values assigned to respective par...

A. F. Paula, and J. C. Creed

The distribution and abundance of azooxanthellate coral Tubastraea Lesson, 1829 were examined at different depths and their slope preference was measured on rocky shores on Ilha Grande, Brazil. Tubastraea is an ahermatypic scleractinian nonindigenous to Brazil, which probably arrived on a ship's hull or oil platform in the late 1980's. The exotic coral was found along a great geographic range of the Canal Central of Ilha Grande, extending over a distance of 25 km. The abundance of Tubastraea was...

Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, and Hugo Pereira Godinho

In the Neotropics, a large proportion of fish communities of large rivers use floodplain as habitats for feeding, reproduction, and refuge. An evaluation was made of the effects of extended dry periods on the species richness, abundance and local extinction of fish species in three marginal lagoons in the middle São Francisco River, southeastern Brazil. The studied lagoons fail to receive river floods during the study period (1994-1996). A gradual reduction in richness and abundance was observed...

Milosavljević Marko, and Daković Dragana, and Milosavljević Adrijana, and Jovanović Jovana, and Rančić Nemanja

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the oral health status, as well as influence of general and local factors that may affect the level of oral health. Patients and methods: We have done a prospective cross-sectional pilot study (observational type) with 52 examinees (32 men and 20 women), mean age 40.4±12.7 years. We analyzed all categories of military insured's between 20 and 64 years of age. They were divided into three age groups: 20-34, 35-44 and 45-64 years. The study was con...

Silvia Tejada, and Antoni Sureda

Objective: To evaluate the response of the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma (D. dichotoma) epiphytized by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii in Mallorca coastal waters (Balearic Islands) by means of biomarker measures. Methods: Samples of epiphytized and non-epiphytized D. dichotoma were collected in Cala Morlanda (East Mallorca, Balearic Islands). Markers of lipid peroxidation and activities of antioxidant enzymes were measured in D. dichotoma. Results: Lipid peroxidation measured as malon...

Edyta Suliga, and Olga K. Adamczyk-Gruszka

Introduction: Abnormal weight gain during pregnancy may exert a negative effect on the development of the foetus, the course of pregnancy, and later the state of health of the mother and her baby. Due to the unfavourable health consequences of abnormal body weight gains in expectant mothers studies of the factors that determine the amount of these gains are important. Aim of the research : Evaluation of the relationship between health behaviours in pregnancy, nutritional status before pregnan...

Altan Lök, and Benal Gül

Bhanu Mehra, and Preena Bhalla, and Deepti Rawat

Rony Roberto Ramos Vieira, and Danilo Koetz de Calazans

ABSTRACT: The abundance and distribution of larval phases of the Portunidae found in the estuary of the Patos Lagoon and the coastal region were studied during two years (1995 and 1999). A conical net (165 cm long, 60 cm mouth, and 330 µm mesh) equipped with a flowmeter was towed for three minutes at 2 knots at six stations within the estuary and four stations in the coastal region. Samplings were carried out on the surface and near the bottom. At each sampling location, the salinity and tempera...

Tolstobrov D. S., and Kolka V. V., and Tolstobrova A. N., and Korsakova O. P.

The paper is a continuation of studies of the Earth's crust neotectonic movements within the north-western part of the Kola region. New radiocarbon data of the lake bottom sediments in the Tuloma River valley allowed to modify diagram of the relative uplift lines of the Earth surface in the north-western part of the Kola region and to compare them with previously constructed epeirogenic spectra of coastal landforms for the study area. The dynamics and nature of the area uplift have been establis...

Thiago Belisário d'Araújo Couto, and Pedro De Podestà Uchôa de Aquino

This study aims to characterize the spatial and seasonal distribution of the fish assemblage and evaluate the integrity of streams in a sustainable use area that includes integral protection conservation units in Distrito Federal, Central Brazil (Cerrado biome). For the study, 12 stretches of 8 streams were sampled in 2008 (dry season) and 2009 (wet season). For that evaluation was estimated the Physical Habitat Index (PHI), vegetation cover (VC), pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and conductivit...

GAO Moser, and AM Ciotti, and MFC Giannini, and RT Tonini, and J Harari

Recent reports have shown an increase in potentially harmful phytoplankton in Santos bay (Southeastern Brazilian Coast), located in a highly urbanised estuarine complex. Prediction of blooms is, thus, essential but the phytoplankton community structure in very dynamic regions is difficult to determine. In the present work, we discriminate bloom forming microphytoplankton dominance and their relationship to physical and meteorological variables to look for patterns observed in different tides and...

Naomi L. Pollock, and Oscar Moran, and Debora Baroni, and Olga Zegarra-Moran, and Robert C. Ford

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) is a chloride channel highly expressed in the gills of Salmo salar, with a role in osmoregulation. It shares 60% identity with the human CFTR channel, mutations to which can cause the common genetic disorder cystic fibrosis CF. The expression and localisation of salmon CFTR have been investigated, but the isolated protein has not been extensively characterised. Here we present a protocol for the purification of recombinant sa...

N. O. Leite Jr., and M. Petrere Jr.

Quantitative analyses of the pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and Farfantepenaeus paulensis) fisheries were carried out using data collected from July 1999 to July 2001 from the trawling operations of the fishing fleet based in Santos/Guarujá, SP. According to classical models, the fishery is at its maximum sustainable yield. Therefore, reduction of the fishing effort and adequate season and area closures seem to be the best management actions for the pink shrimp fishery.

Martina eSura - de Jong, and Martina eSura - de Jong, and Ray Jason B. Reynolds, and Klara eRichterova, and Lucie eMusilova, and Lucian C Staicu, and Iva eChocholata, and Jennifer JoCarole Cappa, and Safiyh eTaghavi, and Daniel evan der Lelie, and Tomas eFrantik, and Iva eDolinova, and Michal eStrejcek, and Alyssa Taylor Cochran, and Petra eLovecka, and Elizabeth Annetje Hendrika Pilon-Smits

Selenium (Se)-rich plants may be used to provide dietary Se to humans and livestock, and also to clean up Se-polluted soils or waters. This study focused on endophytic bacteria of plants that hyperaccumulate selenium (Se) to 0.5-1% of dry weight. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis was used to compare the diversity of endophytic bacteria of hyperaccumulators Stanleya pinnata (Brassicaceae) and Astragalus bisulcatus (Fabaceae) with those from related non-accumulato...

Jaehoon eChoe, and Brian A Coffman, and Brian A Coffman, and Brian A Coffman, and Dylan T Bergstedt, and Dylan T Bergstedt, and Matthias eZiegler, and Matthias eZiegler, and Matthew E Phillips

Skill acquisition requires distributed learning both within (online) and across (offline) days to consolidate experiences into newly learned abilities. In particular, piloting an aircraft requires skills developed from extensive training and practice. Here, we tested the hypothesis that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can modulate neuronal function to improve skill learning and performance during flight simulator training of aircraft landing procedures. Thirty-two right-handed par...

Alimuddin Zumla, and Osman Dar, and Richard Kock, and Matthew Muturi, and Francine Ntoumi, and Pontiano Kaleebu, and Macete Eusebio, and Sayoki Mfinanga, and Matthew Bates, and Peter Mwaba, and Rashid Ansumana, and Mishal Khan, and Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, and Matthew Cotten, and Esam I. Azhar, and Markus Maeurer, and Giuseppe Ippolito, and Eskild Petersen

The appearance of novel pathogens of humans with epidemic potential and high mortality rates have threatened global health security for centuries. Over the past few decades new zoonotic infectious diseases of humans caused by pathogens arising from animal reservoirs have included West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, Ebola virus, Nipah virus, Lassa Fever virus, Hanta virus, Dengue fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coron...

Valérie Geoffroy, and Geneviève Payette, and Florian Mauffrey, and Livie Lestin, and Philippe Constant, and Richard Villemur

Background The biofilm of a methanol-fed, fluidized denitrification system treating a marine effluent is composed of multi-species microorganisms, among which Hyphomicrobium nitrativorans NL23 and Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens JAM1 are the principal bacteria involved in the denitrifying activities. Strain NL23 can carry complete nitrate (NO ${}_{3}^{-}$ 3 − ) reduction to N2, whereas strain JAM1 can perform 3 out of the 4 reduction steps. A small proportion of other denitrifiers exists i...

Martina Martorell-Barceló, and Andrea Campos-Candela, and Josep Alós

The selective properties of fishing that influence behavioural traits have recently gained interest. Recent acoustic tracking experiments have revealed between-individual differences in the circadian behavioural traits of marine free-living fish; these differences are consistent across time and ecological contexts and generate different chronotypes. Here, we hypothesised that the directional selection resulting from fishing influences the wild circadian behavioural variation and affects differen...

Antonio Azeredo, and Maria Cecília de Figueiredo Toledo, and Mônica Cristiane Rojo de Camargo

No presente estudo, peixes, camarões, mexilhões e carnes de siri frescos e processados, comercializados na região metropolitana de Campinas (SP), foram analisados quanto à presença de benzo(a)pireno (B(a)P). A metodologia utilizada envolveu extração com n-hexano, limpeza em Sep-Pak sílica plus e determinação por Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Eficiência com Detector de Fluorescência. A presença de B(a)P foi detectada em todas as amostras analisadas (n=35), em quantidades variando na faixa de 0,03...

C. Widdicombe, and J. Stefels, and M. A. Van Leeuwe, and D. Karentz, and J. Gibson, and M. Estrada, and E. Breton, and V. Schoemann, and J. Peloquin, and C. O'Brien, and M. Vogt, and L. Peperzak

The planktonic haptophyte <i>Phaeocystis</i> has been suggested to play a fundamental role in the global biogeochemical cycling of carbon and sulphur, but little is known about its global biomass distribution. We have collected global microscopy data of the genus <i>Phaeocystis</i> and converted abundance data to carbon biomass using species-specific carbon conversion factors. Microscopic counts of single-celled and colonial <i>Phaeocystis</i> were obtained both through the mining of online data...

Ludmila Coutinho MORAES, and Clarissa Cavalcanti FATTURI-PAROLO, and Maria Beatriz Cardoso FERREIRA, and Marcus Vinicius Reis SÓ, and Francisco MONTAGNER

This study aimed to determine the presence of Prevotella strains and genes associated with resistance to lactamics in different oral niches from patients with/without primary endodontic infections. Saliva (S) and supragingival biofilm (SB) were collected from three patient groups: Group I – no endodontic infection (n = 15); Group II – acute endodontic infection (n = 12); and Group III – chronic endodontic infection (n = 15). Root canal (RC) samples were collected from Groups II and III. The pres...