A remarkable specimen of Mesolimulus from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Nusplingen, Germany, preserves the musculature of the prosoma and associated microbes in three dimensions in calcium phosphate (apatite). The musculature of Mesolimulus conforms closely to that of modern horseshoe crabs. Associated with the muscles are patches of mineralized biofilm with spiral and coccoid forms. Thi...

Phocaeicola abscessus strain 7401987(T) is the sole member of the genus Phocaeicola. This bacterium is Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, coccoid to rod-shaped and motile by lophotrichous flagella. It was isolated from a human brain abscess sample. In this work, we describe a set of features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 2,530,616 bp long genome...

1. It was demonstrated by pathogenicity and latency tests in mammals and birds that variations exist among a group of viruses, isolated from several sources and producing coccoid elementary bodies resembling those of psittacosis. 2. Active cross immunity tests emphasized these differences and confirmed their significance. 3. On the basis of the present experimental evidence the psittacosis-like...

Our paper (Arp et al. 2003) revises previous studies of Kaźmierczak and Kempe (1990, 1992), Kempe and Kaźmierczak (1990a, 1990b, 1993), and Kempe et al. (1996, 1997) on Lake Satonda reefs with regard to biofilm calcification and microbialite formation. We confirm that the transfer of bottom waters of increased alkalinity (due to sulfate reduction) to shallow water layers (mixolimnion) principal...

When Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11351 was grown microaerobically in rich medium at 39 degrees C, entry into stationary phase was followed by a rapid decline in viable numbers to leave a residual population of 1% of the maximum number or less. Loss of viability was preceded by sublethal injury, which was seen as a loss of the ability to grow on media containing 0.1% sodium deoxycholate or 1% sodi...