Thirty-one rivers of varying trophic status located in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, were sampled in order to determine the factors related to heterotrophic bacterial and flagellate abundance. Bacterial abundance ranged from 1.80 X 106 to 9.92 X 106 cells ml-' and flagellate abundance ranged from 1.18 X 103 to 17.4 X 103 cells ml-' There was a highly significant, positive relationship between bac...

Flagellate dermatitis occurs in patients who have eaten Shiitake mushrooms. We are reporting on a 55-year-old man, who developed whiplash-striped, severely itching efflorescences on the trunk 3 days after eating Lentinula edodes. Flagellate dermatitis is also known as a cutaneous side effect of bleomycin therapy.

Japanese dermatologists were the first to describe the very characteristic flagellate dermatitis following consumption of undercooked or raw shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes). These similar eruptions were also reported in patients treated with bleomycin, in dermatomyositis and adult onset Still's disease. We report a case where a 40 year old chinese female developed flagellate dermatitis foll...

Bleomycin is a chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of different tumours. It has several side effects, including flagellate hyperpigmentation, which is a unique and a well-documented side effect of bleomycin therapy. We report a case of a 23-year-old woman with a personal history of ovarian dysgerminoma, who developed flagellate hyperpigmentation on trunk after bleomycin therapy.

Flagellin is bacterial protein that serves as a danger signal across a wide variety of eukaryotes and is a potent inducer of inflammatory effector responses in the mammalian gut. Recent findings utilizing purified flagellin and flagellate/aflagellate bacteria in in vitro and in vivo systems have revealed the important roles played by flagellin in the initial encounter between mucosa and flagell...

The growth kinetics of 6 species of marine heterotrophic nanoflagellates (5 to 13 pm) were compared. The maximum spec~fic growth rates (p,,,) of the flagellates ranged from 0.035 to 0.21 h ' and the half-saturation constants (K,) ranged from 1.1 to 45 X 106 bacterial cells ml-' Theoretical threshold concentrations were calculated for each flagellate and the values of these generally ranged from...

BACKGROUND Flagellate hyperpigmentation is a well-documented complication of systemic bleomycin sulfate therapy when using doses of 100 U or more as an antineoplastic agent. Two cases occurred after using systemic doses from 15 to 30 U injected intravenously or intrapleurally; however, it has not been described as a complication following intralesional treatment of verruca plantaris. OBSERVAT...