Forty strains of Gram-positive, aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria isolated from saturated subsurface lacustrine, paleosol and fluvial sediments at the US Department of Energy's Hanford Site in south central Washington State were characterized by phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences and by determination of selected morphological, physiological and biochemical traits. Phylogenetic analy...

Dear Editor, Case Report Patient This 60-year-old male had rheumatic mitral valve stenosis treated with open mitral valvotomy in 1982, percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy in 2008 and mitral valve replacement (29 mm EPICTM bioprosthetic mitral valve) plus tricuspid valve ring annuloplasty in 2009. He remained dyspnoeic after surgery. On auscultation, the pulmonary component of the second hea...

Bacteria of the genus Arthrobacter are commonly found in the soil and plant rhizosphere. In this study we report the draft genome of Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus strain Mor30.16 that was isolated from rhizosphere of beans grown in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico. This strain promotes growth and ameliorates drought stress in bean plants.

Arthrobacter sp. strain OY3WO11 inhibits the growth of the potato pathogen Phytophthora infestans in in vivo growth challenge assays. We determined the draft genome sequence of this strain, assembling it into 3 scaffolds of 4.2 Mbp total length. OY3WO11 may represent a novel species of Arthrobacter.

Arthrobacter koreensis 5J12A is a desiccation-tolerant organism isolated from the Nerium oleander rhizosphere. Here, we report its genome sequence, which may shed light on its role in plant growth promotion. This is believed to be the first published genome of a desiccation-tolerant plant growth promoter from the genus Arthrobacter.

The Hokou gecko (Gekko hokouensis: Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Squamata) has the chromosome number 2n = 38, with no microchromosomes. For molecular cytogenetic characterization of the gekkotan karyotype, we constructed a cytogenetic map for G. hokouensis, which retains the ancestral karyotype of Gekkota, with 86 functional genes, and compared it with cytogenetic maps for four Toxicofera species that h...

Understanding which factors determine tick-borne disease hazard can contribute to effective control. In Europe, the of pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum is determined by local tick densities (mainly Ixodes ricinus) reservoir competence host species community. Sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) are common hosts for larvae nymphs I. ricinus non-competent reservoirs both...

Arthrobacter sp. strain FB24 is a species in the genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947, in the family Micrococcaceae and class Actinobacteria. A number of Arthrobacter genome sequences have been completed because of their important role in soil, especially bioremediation. This isolate is of special interest because it is tolerant to multiple metals and it is extremely resistant to elevated c...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the clinical validity of the AGILIS ambulatory blood pressure monitor according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol. METHODS The blood pressure (BP) was measured at the same arm by two certified observers using two mercury columns and a double stethoscope, then by the volunteer with the automatic device, these measurements were done seven tim...

We have studied the terrestrial reptile fauna of the Abrolhos Archipelago (a group of five islands located ca. 70 km off the southern coast of the State of Bahia, Brazil) and analyze here some of its ecological aspects such as diet, thermal ecology, activity, and some reproductive parameters. Three lizards comprise the archipelago's terrestrial reptile fauna: Tropidurus torquatus (Tropiduridae)...