A supernumerary tooth is one that is additional to the normal series and can be found in almost any region of the dental arch. Clinically, supernumerary teeth are able to cause different local disorders. It is important for the dentist to be aware of the clinical complications of supernumerary teeth, the most common being the delayed eruption of permanent teeth. Early diagnosis and management o...

Three strains of gliding bacteria resembling a known fish pathogen, Flexibacter columnaris, were recently isolated from diseased freshwater fishes in France. Morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics were very similar to those of 6 F. columnaris strains previously identified in other countries and used here for reference. This is the first unequivocal identification of this ...

A new species of the genus Amazophrynella (Anura, Bufonidae) is described from the departments of Madre de Dios, Cusco and Junin in Peru. An integrative taxonomy approach is used. A morphological diagnosis, morphometrics comparisons, description of the advertisement call, and the phylogenetic relationships of the new species are provided. Amazophrynella javierbustamantei sp. n. differs from oth...

The first Upper Jurassic fossil of the family Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from Australia is described and illustrated from a single specimen discovered at the Talbragar Fish Bed. Rhopalomma stefaniae gen. et sp. n. is classified in Ommatidae based on the length and insertion of the antennae, the tuberculate cuticle, the pattern of elytral striae, the complete epipleura and the presence...

A 36-year old woman with severe alopecia areata was treated by intravenous corticosteroid pulse therapy, resulting in complete remission a year later. At her visit to us for follow-up, we found her thyroid swelling while she did not feel any symptom indicative of thyroid abnormality. Careful history taking revealed that she had kept taking supplement of seaweed “Kombu” (Laminaria japonica) (1g ...

We describe a new species of Noblella from wet, montane forest at the Sardinayacu Lake Complex between 1600-1920 m elevation in Morona Santiago, Ecuador. The new species differs from congeners in having three phalanges in the fourth finger, finely tuberculate skin on the dorsal body, pointed digital tips with marginal grooves on the fingers, a yellow to pale yellow venter, and a reduced facial ...

Cyrtodactylus petani sp. nov. is a new species of Bent-toed Gecko from Java, Indonesia that had been masquerading under the name C. fumosus (Müller, 1895). The new species is differentiated from C. fumosus and all its Sundaland congeners by having the following combination of morphological characters: a maximum SVL of 57.2 mm; nine or ten supralabials; seven or eight infralabials; strongly tube...

Spores of the fern Onoclea sensibilis L. normally germinate to produce two cells of unequal size. The larger cell divides to produce the familiar heart-shaped prothallus. The smaller cell elongates and differentiates into the rhizoid but normally does not divide again. Onoclea spores germinate in complete darkness. Dark germination can be completely inhibited by ethylene gas (10 microliters per...