Genetic evidence that Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002 is a later heterotypic synonym of Weissella cibaria Björkroth et al. 2002

PAHs: Choi et al. Respond

A 140 volume 117 | number 4 | April 2009 • Environmental Health Perspectives PAH Exposure doi:10.1289/ehp.0800445 We were very interested to read the article by Choi et al. (2008). The difference between maternal exposure and our own data on actual concentrations of poly cyclic aromatic hydro carbons (PAHs) in the human male fetal liver (Fowler et al. 2008) was striking. Eight of the PAH exposu...

Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: Choi et al. Respond

We were interested to read the article by Choi et al. (2012), who investigated the effects of increased fluoride exposure and delayed neuro behavioral develop ment by reviewing published studies and performing a meta-analysis. Of the 39 studies identified, the authors considered 27 to be eligible. Choi et al. reported a mean difference in IQ (intelli gence quotient) score between exposed and re...

Weissella viridescens in meat products – a review

Although ubiquitous, bacteria of the Weissella genus are not given sufficient attention. Many members of the genus were originally classified as Leuconostoc or Lactobacillus. With the development of molecular methods, these phylogenetically closely related bacteria formed a separate group, the Weissella genus. Due to its heterofermentative metabolism, Weissella spp. may cause considerable damag...

Reply to R.L. Bowen et al, M. Froehner et al, J.L. Leow et al, and C. Brady et al.

Regarding our article on the association of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with increased Alzheimer’s disease risk, Bowen et al, Froehner and Wirth, Leow et al, and Brady et al highlight a number of significant considerations that will prove important in the design of future studies that investigate the association of ADT and Alzheimer’s disease. We agree with Bowen et al and Leow et al tha...

In Response to Murphy et al., Löwer et al., and Lan et al