A thorough understanding of the microorganisms and pathogens associated with the larval stage of the tropical ornate rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus, is required to overcome disease outbreaks that currently block aquaculture attempts. This study used microscopy in addition to culture and molecularly based microbiological techniques to characterize the bacterial community associated with culture...

The dichloromethane extract of Plectranthus ornatus Codd., a tradicional medicinal plant, showed antibiotic activity with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 0.4 mg.mL-1 and 100 percent of biofilm inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from animals with mastitis infections. Based on these antibacterial activities, in addition to ethnopharmacological reports from ...

Two new species of biting midges, Culicoides cornatus sp. nov. and pileus are described based on adults. The compared to their congeners with close similarity. All specimens were collected from the Indian Sundarban Mangrove Forests, few mounted in glass slides prepared for SEM study. Total 78 under genus Latreille including two ones (6 ornatus group) India. An adult key group Oriental Region is...

Previous studies of color pattern, tongue pigmentation, and scale counts have been used to distinguish two species of semiaquatic varanids in Africa, but these findings have yet to be tested with molecular data. The Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus Species Group is comprised of the Nile monitor (V. niloticus) and the Ornate monitor (V. ornatus). Due to the high rate of exploitation of both spec...

1- Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395–1454, Iran. , [email protected] 2- Syrphidae Foundation, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands. 3- Canadian National Collection Insects, Arachnids Nematodes, Agriculture Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue...

The nature of the relationship between the metabolic rate (MR) and body mass (M) of animals has been the source of controversy for over seven decades, with much of the focus on the value of the scaling exponent b, where MR is proportional to M(b). While it is well known that MR does not generally scale isometrically (i.e. b is seldom equal to 1), the value of b remains the subject of heated deb...