New research from California confirms the safety of pasteurized mother’s milk for HIV-exposed babies (Israel-Ballard, 2005). Two methods of heat-treatment, known as Flash-Heating and Pretoria Pasteurization, were compared to assess their impact on HIV and antimicrobial properties of breast milk, as well as on nutrient content.Milk samples were spiked with clade C HIV-1 (the sub-type found in ar...

Nilsson, A. 2018. Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli water isolates. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1427. 64 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0232-4. Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli are together the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the European Union. Campylobacter c...

We documented earlier that Mw (heat-killed suspension of Mycobacterium indicus pranii) adjuvant when used with conserved antigens, nucleoprotein (NP), and ectodomain of matrix (M2) protein (M2e) provided complete protection against homologous (clade 2.2) virus challenge in mice. The present study extends these observations to inter-clade challenge (clade 2.3.2.1) H5N1 virus and attempts to unde...

Tyler R. Lyson1, Erik A. Sperling1,†, Alysha M. Heimberg2, Jacques A. Gauthier1, Benjamin L. King3 and Kevin J. Peterson2,* Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672, USA *Author for corresponde...

Phylogenetic comparisons of three nuclear DNA gene regions (nrDNA(ITS), 4-coumarate: CoA ligase, abscisic acid-insensitive 3) and a chloroplast region (petN-psbM) show that the Western Hemisphere cypresses (Hesperocyparis) is a well-supported clade quite separated from the Eastern Hemisphere cypresses (Cupressus). Based on these new data and previous data, a new genus, Hesperocyparis, is erecte...

Corals of the Montastraea annularis complex host several different dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium. Here we address two questions arising from our previous studies of these associations on an offshore reef. First, do the same taxa and patterns of association (Symbiodinium A and B found in higher irradiance habitats than Symbiodinium C) occur on an inshore reef? Second, does M. franksi...

We redescribe the poorly known, gall associated doryctine wasp Mononeuron duguetiae Fischer (Braconidae) based on museum and recently collected material. This species shares various morphological features with the members of the also gall associated Allorhogas Gahan, suggesting their close relationship. A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (28S) markers recover...

The superfamily of light-harvesting complex (LHC) proteins is comprised of proteins with diverse functions in light-harvesting and photoprotection. LHC proteins bind chlorophyll (Chl) and carotenoids and include a family of LHCs that bind Chl a and c. Dinophytes (dinoflagellates) are predominantly Chl c binding algal taxa, bind peridinin or fucoxanthin as the primary carotenoid, and can possess...

Clarkia (Onagraceae) is a genus of 42 annual species, mostly native to California, that has served as a model for many studies of plant evolutionary biology, particularly morphological, cytological, and genetic divergence; reproductive isolation; and speciation. Section Sympherica is the largest section with eight diploid and one allotetraploid species. Species in the section have provided impo...