The phylogenetic diversity of coral-associated microbes has been extensively examined, but some contention remains regarding whether coral-associated microbial communities are species-specific or site-specific. It is suggested that corals may associate with microbes in terms of function, although little is known about the differences in coral-associated microbial functional gene composition and...

In present study hypoglycaemic effects of the crude powdered C. decussata and its methanolic extract (ME) in alloxan diabetic rabbits were evaluated. The hypoglycaemic effect was measured by blood glucose, insulin level, HbA1c and his to pathology of pancreas. Glucose lowering effect of the ME was studied in diabetic rabbits. The effects of extract on blood glucose, body weight, food in take, f...

En el Monte Urko hay una sección sin interrupciones sedimentarias que comprende paso Cretácico-Terciario (K/T). El estudio de la nanoflora realizado cuantitativamente sobre un total 500 ejemplares por muestra, escogidos al azar, pone manifiesto asociación típica Zona Mictila murus, con Watznaueria barnesae (Black), Micula decussata Vekshina, Prediscosphaera cretacea (Arkhangelski), Arkhangelski...

Summary An updated description, including characters of the capitulum and fertile flowers, is provided for Parkia barnebyana . Originally recorded from southern Venezuela, this small canopy tree igapó (blackwater flooded forest) now also known by two collections north-western Brazil. The capitula are yellow held erect, with flowers uppermost; they borne on short, robust, upright peduncles that ...