The life-history of the genus Pterosperma Pouchet is described. Development of the two phases, motile and non-motile, is detailed and a lunar periodicity in their change over indicated. Only the motile phase can persist independently, the cells reproducing asexually by fission. Sexuality has not been recorded for the genus. Criteria for valid generic and specific separation are discussed. Detai...

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi,1 Giorgio Ratto,2,3 Nicola Dalle Luche,4 Tiziana Canfori,5 Claudio Proietti,5 Giovanni Del Puente6 1Department of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Genoa; 2Giacomo Puccini Conservatory of Music, La Spezia; 3Carlo Soliva School of Music, Casale Monferrato; 4La Scala Theatre, Milan; 5Niccolò Paganini Conservatory of Music, Genoa; 6Department of Neurosci...

Chapter 3. Cooking technologies With the 3 chapter we enter the second half of the “Cooking and Science” course. During the first lesson, the coordinator of the course, Prof. Pere Castells, together with Prof. Carme González gave a general description about which are the different technologies used in the kitchen. First Pere Castells showed which are the equipment and tools used in professional...

The characteristics of two new benthic species Pyramimonas isolated from coral rubble have been determined. One, P. superba sp. nov., most similar to lunata, has a morphological character suite and molecular phylogenetic signal supporting it as member the subgenus Trichocystis, despite its uniqueness in producing mucilage. other, lamellipunctata also shows affiliation with Trichocystis using pa...