REAL-TIME PCR OF THE MAMMALIAN HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE (HMBS) GENE FOR ANALYSIS OF FLEA (CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS) FEEDING PATTERNS ON DOGS

Real-time PCR of the mammalian hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) gene for analysis of flea (Ctenocephalides felis) feeding patterns on dogs

Abstract Background Precise data on quantitative kinetics of blood feeding of fleas, particularly immediately after contact with the host, are essential for understanding dynamics of flea-borne disease transmission and for evaluating flea control strategies.Standard methods used are inadequate for studies that simulate early events after real-life

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Advances in transport and toxicity of nanoparticles in plants

Abstract In recent years, the rapid development of nanotechnology has made significant impacts on the industry.With the wide application of nanotechnology, nanoparticles (NPs) Mini Fridge are inevitably released into the environment, and their fate, behavior and toxicity are indeterminate.Studies have indicated that NPs can be absorbed, transported

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Evaluation of pathogenicity of Salmonella Gallinarum strains harbouring deletions in genes whose orthologues are conserved pseudogenes in S. Pullorum.

The diseases caused by Salmonella Gallinarum and S.Pullorum in chickens known as fowl typhoid and pullorum disease, respectively, pose a great threat to the poultry industry mainly in developing countries, since they have already been controlled in the developed ones.These bacteria are very similar at the genomic level but develop distinct host-pat

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Production and characterization of bioemulsifier from a marine bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subsp. anitratus SM7

Marine bacterium strain SM7 was isolated as a bioemulsifier-producing bacterium from oil-spilled seawater in Songkhla lagoon, Thailand.It was identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subsp.anitratus based on morphology, biochemicalcharacteristics and 16S rRNA sequence.A.calcoaceticus Studs and Nuts subsp.anitratus SM7 produced an extracellular emu

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