Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is an attractive system in which to study the translocation of a chromosome across a membrane. Sporulating cells contain two sister chromosomes that are condensed in an elongated axial filament with the origins of replication anchored at opposite poles of the sporangium. The subsequent formation of a septum near one pole divides the sporangium unequally into a f...

Windipila spinifera from the Rhynie cherts is a spheroidal microfossil enveloped in hyphal mantle which extend prominent spines and otherwise shaped projections. It believed to be reproductive unit of fungus Glomeromycota or zygomycetes, but features determine systematic affinities have not hitherto been documented. This study describes new specimen W. that contains single spherical structure h...

A case of mucormycosis localized in the brain is reported in a subject aged 18 years who was not suffering from diabetes. As the patient displayed symptoms of cerebral compression he was operated upon and a cystic formation was excised. Microscopic examination disclosed the presence of hyphae, displaying the characteristics of mucor, in chronic granulation tissue. The mycelia had a tendency to ...

Pulmonary mucormycosis is an emerging life threatening fungal infection in the recent years. Immunocompromised patients and those with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus are exclusively affected by this infection. It carries a high mortality (40–76%) and morbidity. Here we present a patient, an elderly diabetic with fever and a cavity in the lung. He underwent lingulectomy and left lower lobectomy ...

Tomato agar and soybean agar were found to be comparable to or in some cases better than the popular V8 vegetable juice agar in supporting linear growth of Phytophthora cactorum, Phytophthora capsici, Phytophthora parasitica, Pythium aphanidermatum, and Pythium splendens; sporangium production of P. capsici, P. palmivora, and Pythium splendens; and oospore formation of P. cactorum, P. parasitic...

This paper records a new genus Taungurungia, which is the first taxon with emergences to be described from Lower Devonian of Victoria. The fossil preserved primarily as compression and impression, lacks internal anatomy. extends our knowledge known variations within early land plants, most characteristics, such H- or K-branching, redolent affinities zosterophylls. However, having large ovate te...