In a previous study by the author (1936) of over four hundred strains of non-gas-producing lactic acid rods isolated from fermenting substances, the differences in characters observed appeared to be more varietal than specific in nature. It was concluded that twelve previously described and named species were identical in whole or in part with Lactobacillus plantarum (Orla-Jensen) Bergey et al....

Ankylosing spondylitis poses several anesthetic challenges ranging from difficult airway to neuraxial blockade. Limited cervical spine mobility, restricted opening of the temporomandibular joint, and cardiorespiratory compromise makes anesthesia preferred technique in these patients. However due ossification interspinous ligament ligamentum flavum, also syndesmophytes between adjacent vertebrae...

Collections of gram positive bacteria from coastal sand dune vegetation, Ipomoea pes-caprae showed a predominance of orange pigmented colonies of Microbacterium arborescens-AGSB. The pigment was identified using a combination of UV/visible spectral data and HPLC retention time as a lycopene type carotenoid pigment with λmax at 468 nms. These bacteria may be accumulating carotenoids as part of t...