The microbial community composition of Wadden Sea sediments of the German North Sea coast was investigated by in situ hybridization with group-specific fluorescently labeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. A large fraction (up to 73%) of the DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained cells hybridized with the bacterial probes. Nearly 45% of the total cells could be further identified as belo...

of mouse lumbar spinal cord taken 7 d after partial sciatic nerve ligation. The section is stained for microglial markers Iba1 (red) and phosphorylated p-38 MAPK (green), as well as the nuclear marker DAPI (blue). The orphan G-protein receptor 84 (GPR84) is markedly induced in macrophages and microglia during inflammation, and it contributes to the development of mechanical and thermal hypersen...

Ginseng has long been considered a valuable plant owing to its medicinal properties; however, genomic information based on chromosome characterization and physical mapping of cytogenetic markers has been very limited. Dual-color FISH karyotype and DAPI banding analyses of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, 1843 were conducted using 5S and 45S rDNA probes. The somatic chromosome complement was 2n=48 wit...

Direct Counting 45 Procedure 1: DAPI Cell Count: Sandy Sediment 46 Rock MPN 47 SEM Surface Counts 48 Quantitative FISH 48 Procedure 2: Sample Collection and Preservation for FISH 50 Procedure 3: Slide Preparation and Cell Fixation for FISH 50 Procedure 4: Hybridization 51 Procedure 5: Post-hybridization 52 Procedure 6: Examination and Quantification 53 Chemical Biomass 53 Procedure 7: Lipid Pho...

As the nano revolution unfolds, it is imperative to integrate nanoscience and medicine. The secret gleaned from nature have led to the generation of biogenic technologies for the fabrication of advanced nanomaterials. Present investigation discloses the gold nanoparticles biosynthesizing capability of the flower of pharmacologically important tree Couroupita guianensis. Rapid, cost-effective, o...

Myrtle is an evergreen shrub or small tree widespread throughout the Mediterranean region. In Turkey, both cultivated and wild forms, differing in plant and fruit size and fruit composition, can be found. These differences may have resulted from the domestication of the cultivated form over a long period of time. We investigated whether wild and cultivated forms of myrtle differ in karyological...