In the course of our screening for antitumor antibiotics, MPC1001 was isolated from a microorganism, Cladorrhinum sp. KY4922. MPC1001 exhibited antimicrobial activity, and antiproliferative activity against human tumor cell lines. In this paper, we describe the taxonomy of the producing organism, fermentation, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities of MPC1001. The cult...

A dedicated “Bioblitz” survey of the Ntinini Nature Reserve was organized and coordinated by Ezemvelo KwaZuluNatal (EKZN) Wildlife, during the period 16–18 November 2010. The main aim of the Bioblitz was to provide biodiversity data that could assist in assessing the necessity of a formal proclamation for the protection of the reserve, within the scope of the integrated Biodiversity Conservatio...

Ranunculus L. with about 600 species is the largest genus in the Ranunculaceae. Problems in the taxonomy of the genus are due to high variability and polymorphism among different individuals and populations of certain species. Morphological characters of nectar scale have been considered as valuable taxonomical characters in some perennial species in some groups (Praemorsa, Grumosa, Rhizomatosa...

This paper presents a study of automatic music classification and similarity analysis. Important theoretical issues are presented and several experiments are performed. The jAudio feature extraction software and the ACE classification framework are used to perform these experiments, which include percussion timbre recognition, genre classification, speech/music classification and taxonomical ev...

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of the type strains of Demequina aestuarii, Demequina aurantiaca, Demequina flava, Demequina globuliformis, Demequina lutea, Demequina oxidasica, Demequina salsinemoris, and Demequina sediminicola. The genome sequences presented here will facilitate taxonomical, ecological, and functional studies of members of the genus Demequina.