This paper explores the relationship between the genetic diversity of rhizobia and the morphological diversity of their plant hosts. Rhizobium galegae strains were isolated from nodules of wild Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis in the Caucasus, the center of origin for G. orientalis. All 101 isolates were characterized by genomic amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting and ...

Amblyseius swirskii, native to the east and southeast Mediterranean region, is a successful biological control agent of whiteflies. In this study, we investigated intraguild predations (IGP) between each stage of A. swirskii and each stage of two Phytoseiid species that occur in China, Amblyseius orientalis and Neoseiulus californicus. When there was no whitefly egg provided as the extraguild p...

During the present study Diplocystis kasmirensis n. sp. (Sporozoa: Eugregarinida) were collected from Haemocoel including gut surface of Blatta orientalis Linnaeus (Dictyoptera; Blattidae) with description to their morphology, life cycle stages and taxonomy. Gregarine Parasite Belonging to the Family Diplocystidae Bhatia, 1938 Reported from the Cockroaches Blatta orientalis (Dictyopetra: Blatti...

A plasmid was found in Nocardia orientalis (formerly Streptomyces orientalis). Physical characterization of the plasmid DNA indicates a size of 33.5 kb and a single cleavage site for EcoR I. The presence of plasmid, and variation in its copy member, did not directly affect vancomycin resistance or production levels. The plasmid represents the first to be isolated and characterized from a glycop...

The European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) is a transitional species in the Polish flora, reaching its northeastern range limit just beyond the Polish border (Jalas and Suominen, 1976; Boratyńska, 1993). The species is a telocratic taxon which appeared in Central Europe ~5000 years ago and spread throughout Poland ~4000 years ago (Huntley and Birks, 1983; Środoń, 1993; Ralska-Jasiewiczowa et a...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been known to occur since the 1980s on the western bank of the White Nile River (Central Sudan), 150 km south of Khartoum, and has resulted in high mortality. The most recent outbreak of the disease in this area began in 2006. Entomological surveys were carried out during May 2008, June 2010 and May and July 2011 in the White Nile area. Sandflies were collected u...

We describe here the clinical significance of coinfection with Theileria orientalis and Babesia ovata in cattle. Anemia status in a herd of dairy cattle in Japan was investigated in relation to infection with these parasites. Our findings indicate that while B. ovata infection might not be the primary cause of anemia in the cattle, it may contribute to the clinical development of anemia in anim...