Holmes SJ, and Allen SC, and Roberts HC

Sarah J Holmes,1 Stephen C Allen,2,3 Helen C Roberts4,5 1Medicine and Elderly Care, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, 2Medicine and Geriatrics, The Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, 3Centre of Postgraduate Medical Research and Education, Bournemouth University, Poole, 4Academic Geriatric Medicine, University of Southampton, 5University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Objective: Older peop...

Rodrigo Augusto Torres, and James Joseph Roper, and Fausto Foresti, and Claudio Oliveira

Chromosomes and nuclear DNA content variation in the eel Synbranchus marmoratus were studied in seven samples taken from rio Paraguay and rio Paraná basins to examine whether karyotype and nuclear DNA content variations could offer useful information for the characterization of independent evolutionary lineages in the genus and construction of evolutionary and biogeographical hypotheses. The occurrence of different karyotypes was already described for this species; however, a new cytotype from r...

Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, and Liana Sisi dos Reis, and Cíntia Veloso Gandini, and Rafael Couto Rosa de Souza, and Jana Menegassi del Favero

Although the rio Capivari basin is recognized as an area of great importance for the ichthyofauna, it lacks virtually every basic requirement for the definition of appropriate conservation strategies, since not even its species composition is known. The objective of this work is to determine the composition and distribution of fish species in the upper rio Capivari basin, relating them to the local physical features, and to evaluate the effectiveness of proposed conservations units, delimited ba...

Latković Marina, and Ranin Lazar, and Teodorović Nevenka, and Anđelković Marko

Background/Aim. Helicobacter (H.) pylori is a widespread bacterium and its involvement in pathogenesis of gastric diseases is well-known. However, H. pylori role in etiology of other histologically similar conditions, especially recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is still controversial. Research regarding H. pylori and its association with RAS, as well as the treatment options were always conducted on patients with diagnosed gastric problems. The aim of this study was to deter...

Peter J. Auster, and Jeff Godfrey, and Anya Watson, and Amy Paquette, and Greg McFall

Pelagic and demersal guilds of piscivorous fishes are linked by a variety of biological and physical processes that mediate interactions with common prey species. Understanding the behaviors of predators and prey can provide insight into the conditions that make such linkages possible. Here we report on the behaviors of mid-water piscivorous fishes and the responses of prey that produce feeding opportunities for demersal piscivorous fishes associated with "live bottom" ledge habitats off the coa...

Murtaza Ölmez, and Nalan Ö. Aybal

JayanthiGovindarajalu, and Muthusamy Anand, and Gurusamy Chelladurai, and Arumugam Kumaraguru

Objective: To analyse the economically important gastropods for prospective antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities from the Gulf of Mannar region, southeast coast of India. Methods: The bioactive potential of some gastropods i.e. Babylonia spirata (B. spirata), Phalium glaucum, Tonna dolium, Hemifusus pugilinus, Xancus pyrum, Chicoreus ramosus (C. ramosus), Harpa articularis, Ficus ficus and Babylonia zeylanica were analysed. Antimicrobial activity was carried out against 8 hum...

MARINA VARGAS GÓMEZ-URRUTIA

Offshore workers displaced and applicable law to international social security: lex loci laboris, law of residence of the worker or law of the seat of the employer? Responses to light the matter Kik (STJUE c-266/13, 19.3.2015) Trabajadores offshore desplazados y ley aplicable a la seguridad social internacional: ¿lex loci laboris, ley de la residencia del trabajador o ley de la sede del empleador? Respuestas a la luz del asunto Kik (STJUE C-266/13, de 19.3.2015)

Ángel Cervera Paz

La literatura de organización de empresas distingue los factores que delimitan el entorno de una empresa. Kast y Ronsenzweig (1997) diferencian entre el medio social general o condicionantes externos genéricos (cultura, tecnología, educación, política, marco legal, recursos naturales, demografía, características sociales y aspectos económicos que se estudian mediante el análisis PEST o análisis de factores políticos, económicos, sociales y tecnológicos) y el medio específico -afecta a organizaci...

S. D. Forestieri, and S. D. Forestieri, and S. M. Staudt, and T. M. Kuborn, and K. Faber, and C. R. Ruehl, and T. H. Bertram, and C. D. Cappa

<p>Surface-active compounds present in aerosols can increase their cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activation efficiency by reducing the surface tension (<i>σ</i>) in the growing droplets. However, the importance of this effect is poorly constrained by measurements. Here we present estimates of droplet surface tension near the point of activation derived from direct measurement of droplet diameters using a continuous flow streamwise thermal gradient chamber (CFSTGC). The experiments used s...

Mads eLichtenberg, and Anthony William Larkum, and Michael eKühl, and Michael eKühl

Coral photophysiology has been studied intensively from the colony scale down to the scale of single fluorescent pigment granules as light is one of the key determinants for coral health. We studied the photophysiology of the oral and aboral symbiont band of scleractinian coral Montastrea curta to investigate if different acclimation to light exist in hospite on a polyp scale. By combined use of electrochemical and fiber-optic microsensors for O2, scalar irradiance and variable chlorophyll fluor...

Massimo Ponti, and Francesca Fratangeli, and Nicolò Dondi, and Marco Segre Reinach, and Clara Serra, and Michael J. Sweet

Worldwide coral reef decline appears to be accompanied by an increase in the spread of hard coral diseases. However, whether this is the result of increased direct and indirect human disturbances and/or an increase in natural stresses remains poorly understood. The provision of baseline surveys for monitoring coral health status lays the foundations to assess the effects of any such anthropogenic and/or natural effects on reefs. Therefore, the objectives of this present study were to provide a c...

Alejandro Escanez, and Rodrigo Riera, and Ángel González, and Ángel Sierra

Data on opportunistic sightings of diamond-shaped squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus egg masses in the Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean) are presented. A total of 16 egg masses of this species were recorded and photographed from 2000 to 2010 around the western islands of the archipelago (El Hierro, Tenerife and La Gomera). These data reveal the existence of an important spawning area for diamond-shaped squid around the Canary Islands, in subtropical east Atlantic waters. We provide preliminary data for ...

S. M. MacDonald, and J. C. Gómez Martín, and R. Chance, and S. Warriner, and A. Saiz-Lopez, and L. J. Carpenter, and J. M. C. Plane

Reactive iodine compounds play a significant role in the atmospheric chemistry of the oceanic boundary layer by influencing the oxidising capacity through catalytically removing O₃ and altering the HO_x and NO_x balance. The sea-to-air flux of iodine over the open ocean is therefore an important quantity in assessing these impacts on a global scale. This paper examines the effect of a number of relevant environmental parameters, including water temperature, salinit...

O. Crabeck, and B. Delille, and D. Thomas, and N.-X. Geilfus, and S. Rysgaard, and J.-L. Tison

We present the CH₄ concentration [CH₄], the partial pressure of CO₂ (<i>p</i>CO₂) and the total gas content in bulk sea ice from subarctic, land-fast sea ice in the Kapisillit fjord, Greenland. Fjord systems are characterized by freshwater runoff and riverine input and based on &delta;¹⁸O data, we show that > 30% of the surface water originated from periodic river input during ice growth. This resulted in fresher sea-ice layers with higher g...

G. Peng, and W. N. Meier, and D. J. Scott, and M. H. Savoie

A long-term, consistent, and reproducible satellite-based passive microwave sea ice concentration climate data record (CDR) is available for climate studies, monitoring, and model validation with an initial operation capability (IOC). The daily and monthly sea ice concentration data are on the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) polar stereographic grid with nominal 25 km × 25 km grid cells in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere polar regions from 9 July 1987 to 31 December 2007. The...

Yen-Ko Lin, and Chao-Wen Chen, and Wei-Che Lee, and Tsung-Ying Lin, and Liang-Chi Kuo, and Chia-Ju Lin, and Leiyu Shi, and Yin-Chun Tien, and Yuan-Chia Cheng

Abstract Background Ensuring adequate informed consent for surgery in a trauma setting is challenging. We developed and pilot tested an educational video containing information regarding the informed consent process for surgery in trauma patients and a knowledge measure instrument and evaluated whether the audiovisual presentation improved the patients’ knowledge regarding their procedure and aftercare and their satisfaction with the informed consent process. Methods A modified Delphi technique ...

Irene A. Cardoso, and C. S. Serejo

During the Campos Basin Deep Sea Environmental Project coordinated by CENPES/PETROBRAS two collecting campaigns were performed. Both used the N/RB Astrogaroupa and fishery nets to collect samples from the continental slope in Campos Basin, RJ (21º48'S to 22º48'S). Campaign Oceanprof I occurred in February, 2003 and collected 18 samples at depths between 1074 and 1649 m. Oceanprof II occurred in August, 2003 and collected 22 samples at depths between 1059 and 1640 m. A total of 14 caridean specie...

Cathy Ratcliff, and Ann Thyle, and Savita Duomai, and Manju Manak

Introduction: EMMS International and Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) implemented a pilot project, poverty reduction in India through palliative care (PRIPCare). A total of 129 interviews with patients and family enrolled in palliative care at three EHA hospitals (in Fatehpur, Lalitpur and Utraula) and staff discussions established that 66% of palliative care patients had lost livelihoods due to illness, 26% of patients' families had members who had lost livelihoods due to the illness, 98% of...

J.-P. Gattuso, and J.-L. Teyssié, and R. Jeffree, and G. Gorsky, and S. Comeau

Thecosome pteropods (shelled pelagic molluscs) can play an important role in the food web of various ecosystems and play a key role in the cycling of carbon and carbonate. Since they harbor an aragonitic shell, they could be very sensitive to ocean acidification driven by the increase of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. The impact of changes in the carbonate chemistry was investigated on <i>Limacina helicina</i>, a key species of Arctic ecosystems. Pteropods were kept in culture under con...

Weinreich UM, and Thomsen LP, and Bielaska B, and Jensen VH, and Vuust M, and Rees SE

Ulla M&oslash;ller Weinreich,1&ndash;3 Lars Pilegaard Thomsen,2 Barbara Bielaska,4 Vania Helbo Jensen,5,6 Morten Vuust,4 Stephen Edward Rees2 1Department of Respiratory Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 2Respiratory and Critical Care Group (RCARE), Centre for Model-Based Medical Decision Support Systems, Department of&nbsp;Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3The Clinical Institute, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 4Departme...

Mattiebelle Gittinger

Bazyli Czeczuga, and Oleg M. Maximov

Column-, and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the cells of the species Trentepohlia gobii Meyer from cobbles in the river Urmi in the Badzhal mountains of Khabarovsk Territory in the Far East: ß, ß-carotene, ß, ε-carotene, ß, ß-carotene-2-ol, ß, ε-carotene-2-ol, ß, ß-carotene-2, 2'-diol, 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-ß, ß-carotene-2-ol, 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-ß, ε-carotene-2-ol and 5,6,5',6'-diepoxy-5,6,5',6'-tetrahydro-ß, ß-carotene-2,2'-diol.

Shashidhar Acharya, and Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, and Shruthi Acharya

Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the tobacco consumption patterns and their relationship with life course socioeconomic mobility among fish industry workers as this could provide important information in dealing with the tobacco problem in this very vulnerable population. Materials and Methods: Socioeconomic life course data and information about tobacco habits was collected from 102 fish industry workers. A subject was considered to be upwardly mobile if the family head′s education...

Siddharth Sarkar, and Srinivas Balachander, and Debasish Basu

Background: Harm ratings of substances help in understanding the perception toward substance use and formulating policies. Evidence of such harm ratings by substance users and their caregivers provides a clearer perspective of those who experience and observe such harm closely. Materials and Methods: Substance users and their caregivers were recruited from the Drug De-addiction and Treatment Centre of PGIMER, Chandigarh. Sociodemographic details of the subjects were noted. The subjects were then...

Farrin Babaei-Balderlou, and Samad Zare

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of melatonin as an antioxidant on spatial navigation memory in male diabetic rats. Thirty-two male white Wistar rats weighing 200 ± 20 g were divided into four groups, randomly: control, melatonin, diabetic and melatonin-treated diabetic. Experimental diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of 50 mg kg-1 streptozotocin. Melatonin was injected (10 mg kg-1 day-1, ip) for 2 weeks after 21 days of diabetes induction. At the end of adm...

Eduardo Marone, and Eunice C. Machado, and Rubens M. Lopes, and Eduardo Teixeira da Silva

A worldwide modeling effort has been proposed by the LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) Program to foster the acquisition of intercomparable data on land-ocean fluxes in estuaries and continental shelf ecosystems from all continental margins. As part of the South American component of this initiative, we present flux estimates of water, salt, dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and plankton for the estuarine system of Paranaguá Bay, southern ...

Inga Ludmila Veitenheimer-Mendes, and Vera Lúcia Lopes-Pitoni

<abstract language="eng">This paper registers 16 species of aquatic molluscs, especially the limnic and estuarine species Heleobia davisi Silva & Thomé, 1985, Heleobia australis australis (Orbigny, 1835) and Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1802, from D'Una river and Mirim, Imaruí and Santo Antônio lagoons and Laguna Beach (Santa Catarina, Brazil). This parameter was very important for the paleoecological analysis conduced for that area, where oscillation of the sea level occurred during the Holocen Per...

C. M. Duarte, and J. J. Middelburg, and N. Caraco

The carbon burial in vegetated sediments, ignored in past assessments of carbon burial in the ocean, was evaluated using a bottom-up approach derived from upscaling a compilation of published individual estimates of carbon burial in vegetated habitats (seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangrove forests) to the global level and a top-down approach derived from considerations of global sediment balance and a compilation of the organic carbon content of vegeatated sediments. Up-scaling of individu...

F. Deleflie, and P. Exertier, and G. Metris, and P. Berio, and O. Laurain, and J.-M. Lemoine, and R. Biancale

Recent studies show a change, starting in 1998, in the behavior of the variation of the dynamical flattening of the Earth (J2), supposed to be constant (secular), and mainly due to the post glacial rebound effect. In this paper, we study to what extent this behavior can be correlated or not with the 18.6 year tide: with more than twenty years of tracking data on LAGEOS-1, that is to say more than a period of 18.6 years, this effect can now be separated from the secular variation. We use our theo...

Leonard Tah, and Goore Bi Gouli, and Kouassi Sebastino Da Costa

Nowadays, the successful management of small scale fisheries requires the use of biometric data collected in the field, in order to transform them into suitable indicators. The present study describes the lengthweight relationships for 36 freshwater fish species from two tropical reservoirs Ayame I and Buyo, in Côte d&#8217;Ivoire. The main objective of the study was to provide a length weight key for a wide range of freshwater fish species from these tropical reservoirs exploited by the inland ...

Ard JD, and Klapow J, and Hess MA, and Vance DE, and McKie PR, and Burton LS

Mary Annette Hess,1 David E Vance,1,2 Peggy R McKie,1 Laura S Burton,3 Jamy D Ard,4 Josh Klapow5,61School of Nursing, 2Edward R Roybal Center for Translational Research in Aging and Mobility, 3Department of Nutrition Sciences, 4UAB EatRight Weight Management Services, Department of Nutrition Sciences, 5School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA; 6ChipRewards, Inc, Birmingham, AL, USAAbstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of delivering th...

Oh S, and Maruyama T, and Eguchi K, and Shida T, and Arai E, and Isobe T, and Okamoto Y, and Shoda J

Sechang Oh,1,4 Tsuyoshi Maruyama,2 Kiyoshi Eguchi,2 Takashi Shida,1 Emi Arai,1 Tomonori Isobe,1 Yoshikazu Okamoto,3 Junichi Shoda1 1Division of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; 2Division of Rehabilitation, 3Division of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; 4Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan Background: Exercise training is an effective therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease...

Dalia Jasinevičiene, and Dalia Jasinevičiene, and Vidmantas Ulevicius, and Steigvile Byčenkiene

Continuous measurements of the aerosol particle number concentration (PNC)in the size range from 4.5 nm to 2 µm were performed at the Preila marine background site during 2008–2009.The concentration maxima in summer was twice the average (2650±50 cm^-3). A trajectory-based approach was applied for source identification. Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF)analysis was performed to estimate the possible contribution of long-range andlocal PNC transport to PNC concentrations re...

D. M. Lumbroso, and F. Vinet

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Wan Zanariah W.A Manan, and Sundara Rajan Mahalingam, and Kamaruddin Arshad, and Sarah I Bukhari, and Long Chiau Ming

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the therapeutic effect of sea cucumber. It is a traditional medicine used for centuries as a general tonic to improve the health of the body and to boost the energy levels. Methodology: An electronic search on PubMed, MEDLINE and Cochrane Library with keywords “sea cucumber”, “gamat”, “effectiveness OR efficacy”,“safety OR adverse reaction OR side effects” was carried out. The literatures are summarized in the evidence tables. Findings and conclusions:...

Lea, F. M., and Watkins, C. M.

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Jeremy T. Mathis, and Richard A. Feely

Fabrício Barreto Teresa, and Luzia Shirlei de Souza, and Dianne Michelle Alves da Silva, and Hugo de Oliveira Barbosa, and Jane Dilvana Lima, and João Carlos Nabout

ABSTRACT Riffles are unique habitats regarding to assemblage structure. However, understanding how these assemblages respond to environmental variations in small spatial extents, as within a stream, is a challenge. We assess whether the quantitative structure and the trophic composition of fish assemblages vary predictably among stream riffles. We predict that the variation of environmental conditions will explain species abundance and trophic composition, with the latter presenting higher predi...

Elena V. Kirilenko, and Evgeniy V. Shemonaev

The article presents data on the species composition of fish in the waterbodies of the Mordovo floodplain of the Saratov Reservoir in the territory of the Samarskaya Luka National Park. The ichthyofauna of the investigated reservoirs was studied for the first time. The species structure of fish catches in five floodplain lakes and in one channel was analysed. Typological habitat conditions in waterbodies (for example, the flowage of floodplain waterbody and its connection with the Reservoir) eff...

Kapkov V. I. , and Shoshina E. V., and Belenikina O. A.

The possibility of using marine unicellular algae from natural plankton community in biomonitoring of pollution by heavy metals has been investigated. Algae of different taxa from the Mediterranean Sea have been allocated to culture. In the laboratory the culture conditions – i. e. growth medium, temperature, photoperiod, level of artificial light and initial density – have been selected for every species. The impact of heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Cu, Pb) in the form of chloride salts on the growth of...

Grazyelle Sebrenski da Silva, and Luciana Mara Lopes Fé, and Maria de Nazaré Paula da Silva, and Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida e Val

Abstract Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is a petroleum derivative capable of inducing cancer in human and animals. In this work, under laboratory conditions, we analyzed the responses of Colossoma macropomum to B[a]P acute exposure through intraperitoneal injection of four different B[a]P concentrations (4, 8, 16 and 32 μmol/kg) or corn oil (control group). We analyzed expression of the ras oncogene and the Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (hif-1α) gene using quantitative real-time PCR. Additionally, li...

Sasai H, and Ueda K, and Tsujimoto T, and Kobayashi H, and Sanbongi C, and Ikegami S, and Nakata Y

Hiroyuki Sasai,1&ndash;3,* Keisuke Ueda,4,5,* Takehiko Tsujimoto,6,7 Hiroyuki Kobayashi,1 Chiaki Sanbongi,4 Shuji Ikegami,4 Yoshio Nakata1 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 2Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 3Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, 4Food Science Research Laboratories, Meiji Co., Ltd., Odawara, Kanagawa, 5Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, 6Facul...

Jadwiga Rzeznik-Orignac, and Antoine Puisay, and Evelyne Derelle, and Erwan Peru, and Nadine Le Bris, and Pierre E. Galand

In submarine canyon sediments, bacteria and nematodes dominate the benthic biomass and play a key role in nutrient cycling and energy transfer. The diversity of these communities remains, however, poorly studied. This work aims at describing the composition of bacteria and nematode communities in the Lacaze-Duthiers submarine canyon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. We targeted three sediment depths for two consecutive years and investigated the communities using nuclear markers (18S rRNA ...

Francis Noblesse, and Chenliang Zhang, and Jiayi He, and Yi Zhu, and Chenjun Yang, and Wei Li

Computations of far-field ship waves, based on linear potential flow theory and the Hogner approximation, are reported for monohull ships and catamarans. Specifically, far-field ship waves are computed for six monohull ships at four Froude numbers F≡V/gL=0.58, 0.68, 0.86, 1.58 and for six catamarans with nondimensional hull spacing s≡S/L=0.25 at two Froude numbers Fs≡V/gS=1 and 2.5. Here, g is the gravitational acceleration, V and L denote the ship speed and length, and S is the separation dista...

J. Kazil, and G. Feingold, and H. Wang, and T. Yamaguchi

The interaction between marine boundary layer cellular cloudiness and surface fluxes of sensible and latent heat is investigated. The investigation focuses on the non-precipitating closed-cell state and the precipitating open-cell state at low geostrophic wind speed. The Advanced Research WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model is used to conduct cloud system-resolving simulations with interactive surface fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat, and of sea salt aerosol, and with a detailed rep...

L.D.S. Piancini, and I.C. Guiloski, and H.C. Silva de Assis, and M.M. Cestari

Mesotrione is one of the new herbicides that have emerged as an alternative after the ban of atrazine in the European Union. To our knowledge, any work using genetic or biochemical biomarkers was performed in any kind of fish evaluating the toxicity of this compound. The impact of acute (96 h) exposure to environmentally relevant mesotrione concentrations (1.8, 7, 30, 115 e 460 μg L−1) were evaluated on the liver of Oreochorimis niloticus and Geophagus brasiliensis by assessing the activity of s...

I. Kriest, and A. Oschlies

Although of substantial importance for marine tracer distributions and eventually global carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen fluxes, the interaction between sinking and remineralization of organic matter, benthic fluxes and burial is not always represented consistently in global biogeochemical models. We here aim to investigate the relationships between these processes with a suite of global biogeochemical models, each simulated over millennia, and compared against observed distributions of pelagic tra...

Christelle eRochefort, and Julie Marie Lefort, and Laure eRondi-Reig

Early investigations of cerebellar function focused on motor learning, in particular on eyeblink conditioning and adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, and led to the general view that cerebellar Long Term Depression (LTD) at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses is the neural correlate of cerebellar motor learning. Thereafter, while the full complexity of cerebellar plasticities was being unraveled, cerebellar involvement in more cognitive tasks - including spatial navigation - was further...

Domenico Meloni, and Roberta Mazza, and Francesca Piras, and Sonia Lamon, and Simonetta Gianna Consolati, and Anna Mureddu, and Rina Mazzette

In the present study, the relationships between serotype, pathogenic profile and <em>in vitro</em> biofilm formation of 106 <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> strains, having no epidemiological correlation and isolated from different environmental and food sources, were analyzed. The quantitative assessment of the <em>in vitro</em> biofilm formation was carried out by using a microtiter plate assay with spectrophotometric reading (OD620). The isolates were also submitted to serogrouping using the t...