Transposons are mobile elements capable of mobilizing foreign DNA through a transposition process. Two main classes of transposons are involved in acquisition of resistance genes: Narrow-Spectrum ...

Feb. 25, 2025 — A new species of manzanita -- a native California shrub famous for its twisted branches and wildfire resilience -- has been discovered on the central coast, but its survival is ...

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged in the last decades as a major cause of healthcare-associated infections and nosocomial outbreaks. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) A. baumannii is a rapidly emerging ...

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, China; ...

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People usually think of leopards in the savannas of Africa but in the Russian Far East, a rare subspecies has adapted to life in the temperate forests that make up the northern-most part of the ...

Taxa identified via culture were not always the dominant phylotype identified with sequencing. Dogs with community-acquired pneumonia were more likely to have overgrowth of a single organism ...

As for non-glucose-fermenting Gram-negative rods (NGF-GNRs), phenotypic resistance was observed in 16.67% (1/6) in the screening test, with an Acinetobacter spp. isolated from a dog’s lung swab. This ...

Invasive species are non-native species that have been introduced to an ecosystem and have established there causing ecological damage. The study of invasive species involves questions about the ...

Then the tissue homogenates were serially diluted with PBS in an appropriate amount and 100 μ L of each dilution was withdrawn and uniformly spread on SS agar plates. Bacterial counts were computed ...

If you are a member of an SPP, you can contribute to your RRIF by directly transferring a lump-sum amount from an SPP. You can also transfer a lump-sum amount from an SPP if you are entitled to it ...

Apidae is the largest family of bees, with over 5,700 species. This includes the famous honey bees and bumblebees. Andrenidae is an example of a family entirely composed of solitary bees. Rather than ...