The Clothes-Moth

The dietetics of the clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella Hum.

Much attention has been paid in the past to the peculiar mechanism of keratin digestion which enables the clothes moth to infest Woollen materials (Schulz, 1925 ; Liriderstrem-Lang & Duspiva, 1935 ; Duspiva, 1936), but little is known about its general food requirements. It is known that the larvae will not grow on clean wool (Titschak, 1922; Crowell & McCay, 1937) and that damage to clothing i...

Aryl acylamidase activity in larvae of the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella.

-l. Significant levels of aryl acylamidase (E.C. 3.5.1:13) activity have been found in extracts of larvae of the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella using acetyl p-nitroanilide as substrate. 2. Gel electrophoresis suggests that the activity is due to more than one enzyme. Inhibitor studies show that these enzymes are probably of the "active serine" type but have a requirement for a free ...

The parasite’s new clothes

A population of stems cells continuously rejuvenates the outer surface of a human parasitic flatworm.

THE EMPEROR's CLOTHES

The emperor's new clothes

bewildered by my first reading of Hans Christian Anderson's 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. It was a story book with pictures, and the emperor was drawn prancing down the street in underclothes befitting the Victorian era (I was amused to discover that in today's versions he is depicted stark naked). I was disappointed with the end of the tale, not being old enough for what is, in effect, a story ...