background and objectives : halophilic bacteria produce a variety of pigments, which function as immune modulators and have prophylactic action against cancers. in this study, colorful halophilic bacteria were isolated from solar salt lake and their pigments was extracted in optimal environmental conditions and compared with the pigments of halorubrum sodomense atcc 33755. materials and methods...

A hot and acid crater lake is located in the Nakadake crater, Aso volcano, Japan. The volume of water in the lake decreases with increasing activity, drying out prior to the magmatic eruptions. Salt-rich materials of various shapes were observed, falling from the volcanic plume during the active periods. In May 2011, salt flakes fell from the gas plume emitted from an intense fumarole when the ...

detect the presence of an indwelling urinary catheter Adi Gundlapalli, MD, PhD, MS; Guy Divita; Tyler Forbush; Andrew Redd PhD; Marjorie Carter, MSPH; Ashley J. Gendrett, BS, MPH; Kalpana Gupta, MD, MPH; Ying Suo, MS; B.S. Begum Durgahee, MS; Sarah Krein, PhD, RN; Michael Rubin, MD, PhD; Anne Sales, PhD, RN; Matthew Samore, MD; Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD; University of Utah School of Medicine...

1 2 3 4 An Assessment of the Ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Serology to Detect 5 Active TB Disease. 6 Short Title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Serology Testing 7 8 9 10 11 BRIAN L ANDERSON, 1 RYAN J. WELCH 1 , and CHRISTINE M. LITWIN, 1,2* 12 13 14 Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Institute for Clinical and 15 Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City 1 , and Department...

in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3 4 5 6 Matthew J. Rossman, Ryan S. Garten, H. Jonathan Groot, Van Reese, Jia Zhao, 7 Markus Amann , and Russell S. Richardson 2, 3 8 9 10 11 Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center 12 George E. Whalen VA Medical Center 13 Salt Lake City, Utah 14 15 Department of Exercise and Sport Science 16 University of Utah 17 Salt Lake City,...

(LTCF) Residents are Similar to Strains Causing Infection in both LTCF and Hospital Patients Suggesting a Shared Continuum of Transmission Susan M. Pacheco, MD; Curtis J. Donskey, MD; Matthew Samore, MD; Jeanmarie Mayer, MD; Nimalie Stone, MD; Carolyn Gould, MD; L. Clifford Mcdonald, MD; Laurica A. Petrella, BS; Susan Sambol, BS, MT; Annette Jencson, BS, MT, CIC; Venkata Sunkesula, MD, MS; Dale...

Sally Jo Zuspan, Salt Lake City Chapter, is Program Manager, Central Data Management and Coordinating Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supported by grant U03MC00008, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. For correspondence, write: Sally Jo Zuspan, Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, 295...

globin Measurements by Eleven Methods, William L. Roberts, Sekineh Safar-Pour, Barun K. De, Curt L. Rohlfing, Cas W. Weykamp, and Randie R. Little ( Department of Pathology, ARUP Institute for Clinical & Experimental Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2 ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT; 3 Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 4 Departments of Pathology...