Weissella confusa, a Gram positive coccobacillus, is rare cause of human disease. They are vancomycin resistant, bile aesculin positive, lactic acid fermenters previously classified as members the Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus genera. Among 19 recognised species Weissella, W. confusa most frequently associated with infection, however its name suggests establishing pathogenicity correctly identi...

Hubener (1925) and Thomsen (1927a and b, 1928) were the first to report that erythrocytes from old blood samples might sometimes be agglutinated by sera irrespective of their blood groups; in other words, they become panagglutinable. Friedenreich (1930) demonstrated that this phenomenon, which may be a cause of error in blood grouping, was due to contamination of the blood with certain enzymepr...

New evidence gained by the study of Foraminifera from Khuzestan province in southwest Iran reveals that the basal limit of the genus Heterostegina is not restricted to the Eocene epoch. By introducing a new species of this genus (H. rezvaninejadi), this study shows that the early appearance of this genus should be lowered down further still, at least, into the Middle Paleocene.

the modern lifestyle is characterized by a continuous increase in the demand of ready-to-eat fresh food products subjected to minimal processes prior marketing. attention is drawn towards the effect of this processing on the antioxidant/antiradical properties of two typical italian salads belonging to cichorium genus. four chemical assays (anti-peroxyl radical activity, dpph• assay, metal chela...

the monobasic genus sphaeropothrips is recorded in iran for the first time. this is the fourth member of the thrips genus-group recorded from iran, and a key is provided to distinguish these four genera. information about these four genera is provided, and some problems in the recognition of true host-plant associations in iran are discussed.

thegenus achillea is one of the most important medicinal plants in the asteraceae family. nineteen species of this genus have been described in the flora iranica, of which achillea aucheri boiss is an endemic species to iran. given the effect of geographic location on the quality and yield of essential oil, we performed an investigation to determine oil contents of a. aucheri growing at differe...