Two new species of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1792 are described from southeastern China: L. (s. str.) hajeki sp. n. from Jiangxi province (Jinggang Shan Mts.) and L. (inc. sed.) ruzickai sp. n. from Guangdong province (Nanling Mts.). L. (s. str.) elegantula Rougemont, 2000 and L. (s. str.) flavopunctata Rougemont, 2000 are recorded for Jiangxi province for the first time.

The East Palaearctic genus Sibirocosa Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004 is surveyed and three species S. koponeni sp. n. (Maritime Province), S. nadolnyi sp. n. and S. trilikauskasi sp. n. (both from Khabarovsk Province) are described from the Russian Far East. Illustrations to all six species found in East Asia are provided.

The southern African species of the water beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann, 1794, are revised. Twenty-eight new species are described, and redescriptions and new collection records are given for three previously described species, based on the examination and databasing of 11,534 specimens from 488 localities/events. Male genitalia are illustrated, and high resolution habitus images of the holoty...

Three new Stenus species of the cirrus group collected from Guizhou Province, southwest China, are described: S. dashaheensissp. n., S. zhangyuqingisp. n., and S. liuyixiaoisp. n. The diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated, and a key to species of the group from Guizhou Province is provided.

Introduction In Vitro Models to Study Candida Albicans Biofilms Gu W1, Xu D2 and Sun S*3 1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China 2Department of Nephrology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, People’s Republic of China 3Department of Pharmacy, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Provinc...

Microbiological water quality monitoring in Niassa province, Northern Mozambique, shows groundwater is not, in general, grossly contaminated though contamination levels are strongly linked to season and to risks observable at the wellhead, especially risks dealing with wellhead hygiene and maintenance. Diarrhea incidence, in general, is greatest in the rainy season suggesting poor wellhead prot...

Two new Stenus species of the cirrus group collected from Zhejiang Province, East China, are described, S. wuyanlingus Liu, Tang & Luo, sp. n., S. yuyimingi Liu, Tang & Luo, sp. n. and a new distributional locality for S. ovalis Tang, Li & Zhao, 2005 was discovered. The diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated, and a key to species of the group from Zhejiang Province is provided.

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus especially methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) continues to be a problem for clinicians worldwide. However, few data on the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus isolates in South Africa have been reported and the prevalence of MRSA in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province is unknown. In addition, information on the characteri...

In order to evaluate differentiate genetic differences among Schistosoma japonicum isolates from Dali Ancient City, Xizhou and Yongsheng County, Yunnan Province, China, mitochondrial col, cytb, nd1, nd6, and nd4l were PCR amplified and sequenced, revealing nucleotide difference(s) among these strains of 8, 1, 5, 4, and 0, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that S. japonicum from the thr...