Mucoid strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were isolated from the stools of two asymptomatic carriers and a patient with gastroenteritis. The strains demonstrated biochemical reactions and antibiotic susceptibility typical of nonmucoid strains of V. parahaemolyticus isolated locally. The slime substance was typed by coagglutination and was antigenically similar to the capsular antigen of the sam...

Antibodies to the lipopolysaccharide O antigen of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mediate high-level immunity, but protective epitopes have proven to be poorly immunogenic, while nonprotective or minimally protective O-antigen epitopes often elicit the best immune responses. With the goal of developing a broadly protective P. aeruginosa vaccine, we used a gene replacement system based on the Flp recombi...

Single differential cross-sections for transfer-loss (TL) leading to the production of O5+(1s2s 3S)nl 4L states were computed for 0.2-1.2 MeV/u collisions of O5+(1s22s) ions with He and H2 targets. At these collision energies, 1s loss is significant and electron transfer to n = 3− 4 levels is dominant. Furthermore, due to spin conservation, quartet states can only be populated by TL. Within the...

Honey bees, Apis mellifera L. are the principle managed pollinator of agriculture and horticulture crops in the United States. Apis mellifera is not native to the United States and the first record of this species in the United States was during the early to mid 17th century when European settlers brought it to the United States. The mitochondrial DNA COI-COII intergenic region of A. mellifera ...

Studies of immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa have indicated that a variety of potential immunogens can elicit protection in animal models, utilizing both antibody- and cell-mediated immune effectors for protection. To attempt to optimize delivery of multiple protective antigens and elicit a broad range of immune effectors, we produced an aroA deletion mutant of the P. aeruginosa serogroup O2/O...

Mechanisms of low-energy electron (LEE) attachment and subsequent single-strand break (SSB) formation are investigated by density functional theory treatment of a simple model for DNA, i.e., the nucleotide, 5'-thymidine monophosphate (5'-dTMPH). In the present study, the C5'-O5' bond dissociation due to LEE attachment has been followed along the adiabatic as well as on the vertical (electron at...

The effect of A-site cation ordering on the cathode performance and chemical stability of A-site cation ordered LaBaCo₂O5+δ and disordered La0.5Ba0.5CoO3-δ materials are reported. Symmetric half-cells with a proton-conducting BaZr0.9Y0.1O3-δ electrolyte were prepared by ceramic processing, and good chemical compatibility of the materials was demonstrated. Both A-site ordered LaBaCo₂O5+δ and A-s...

Abstract While completing the commissioning phase to prepare Virgo interferometer for next joint Observation Run (O4), collaboration is also finalizing design of upgrades detector be employed in following (O5). The major upgrade will concern decreasing thermal noise limit, which imply using very large test masses and increased laser beam size. But this not only implemented break between O4 O5 o...

A bstract We propose a concrete form of vertex function, which we call O-vertex, for the intersection between an O5-plane and 5-brane in topological formalism, as extension work [1]. Using O-vertex it is possible to compute Nekrasov partition functions 5d theories realized on any web diagrams with O5-planes. apply our proposal webs pure SO( N ) gauge G 2 theory. The obtained results agree known...