Burkholderia legume symbionts (also called α-rhizobia) are ancient in origin and are the main nitrogen-fixing symbionts of species belonging to the large genus Mimosa in Brazil. We investigated the extent of the affinity between Burkholderia and species in the tribe Mimoseae by studying symbionts of the genera Piptadenia (P.), Parapiptadenia (Pp.), Pseudopiptadenia (Ps.), Pityrocarpa (Py.), Ana...

The seeds of Cassia Mimosa have been reported to be highly rich in mucilaginous matter. The preliminary screening of the seeds of the plants belonging to above mentioned genus has been conducted to locate a good source of polysaccharides. Cassia Mimosa ( Linn ), is commonly known as a “Horse Cassia” belongs to the family Leguminasceae ( Sub-family : Cesalpinaceae ). It is an ornamental and deci...

The time complexity of data clustering has been viewed as fundamentally quadratic, slowing with the number of data items, as each item is compared for similarity to preceding items. Clustering of large data sets has been infeasible without resorting to probabilistic methods or to capping the number of clusters. Here we introduce MIMOSA, a novel class of algorithms which achieve linear-time comp...

Puccinellia tenuiflora is a typical salt-excluding halophytic grass with excellent salt tolerance. Plasma membrane Na+/H+ transporter SOS1, HKT-type protein and tonoplast Na+/H+ antiporter NHX1 are key Na+ transporters involved in plant salt tolerance. Based on our previous research, we had proposed a function model for these transporters in Na+ homeostasis according to the expression of PtSOS1...

The memristor, a resistor with memory, was postulated by Chua in 1971 and the first solid-state memristor was built in 2008. Recently, we found memristors in vivo in plants. Here we propose a simple analytical model of 2 types of memristors that can be found within plants. The electrostimulation of plants by bipolar periodic waves induces electrical responses in the Aloe vera and Mimosa pudica ...

Delprete, P.G., C.M. Taylor & T.D. McDowell (2021). The identity of the long-overlooked Ronabea morindoides and Patabea tenuiflora, synonymous with a species Appunia (Rubiaceae). Candollea 76: 83–92. In English, English abstract.The A. Rich. has long been unclear is here investigated. Two sheets original material corresponding to this name are deposited in General Herbarium National Museum Natu...

Objective: The present study is to synthesize nanoparticles using the leaf extracts of Mimosa pudica and screen for its α-amylase inhibiting potential as well as antibacterial properties. Methods: Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using extract of Mimosa pudica leaves under various conditions such as sunlight, UV and room temperature. The synthesized nanoparticles were further characterized...

Low temperature (cold) plasma finds an increasing number of applications in biology, medicine and agriculture. In this paper, we report a new effect of plasma induced morphing and movements of Venus flytrap and Mimosa pudica. We have experimentally observed plasma activation of sensitive plant movements and morphing structures in these plants similar to stimulation of their mechanosensors in vi...

The genus Burkholderia represents a challenge to the fields of taxonomy and phylogeny and, especially, to the understanding of the contrasting roles as either opportunistic pathogens or bacteria with biotechnological potential. Few genomes of nonpathogenic strains, especially of diazotrophic symbiotic bacteria, have been sequenced to improve understanding of the genus. Here, we contribute with ...

Dihydrochalcones and 5-deoxyflavones are types of compounds possessing various biologically interesting properties. Herein, we report the concise and divergent total syntheses of several naturally occurring dihydrochalcones and 5-deoxyflavones from readily available starting materials. The divergent strategy is based around manipulation of a common chalcone scaffold and features application of ...