An estuary is a coastal area where river water meets oceanic water. A characteristic of a tidal estuary is brackish water which shows fluctuations in salinity. These fluctuations are due to the diurnal periodicity of the tide and the influx of fresh w . . .

Microsporangial development in angiosperms is a well documented process. In contrast, difficulties such as availability of material, prolonged development, and problems in sectioning have made information concerning microsporogenesis in gymnosper . . .

Probiotics are live microorganisms that provide therapeutic effects to their consuming host’s gastrointestinal tract and immune system. Although they are considered “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) by the FDA and are added to a plethora of prob . . .

The effects of two mammalian viruses (SV40 and reovirus) were observed on a homeothermic and on a poikilothermic cell line. Propagation of these viruses in both types of cells could indicate shared biochemical receptor sites on the two types of ce . . .

new concept in medical bacteriology was opened for investigation in 1935 when Kleinberger reported she had successfully separated a cell wall deficient variant from a normal culture of Streptobacillus moniliformis (Kleinberger, 1935). Kleinberger den . . .

Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-obligate plant pathogenic bacterium that causes disease in diverse crop plants. In grapevines, the infection is known as Pierce’s disease, which is limited to regions with warmer climates and fails to appear in cold cli . . .

The western foothills of the Sierra Nevada are dotted with small earthen reservoirs which are maintained by landowners primarily as a source of water for livestock. Most of these farm ponds have been stocked with warmwater gamefish such as largemou . . .

Mountain meadows offer aesthetic values and provide feed for cattle and wildlife, making it important for both financial and recreational reasons that they be maintained at maximum productivity. At the present, little is known about vegetation str . . .

Three out of five wild populations and a laboratory- population of Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hubner), were found resistant to malathion. A malathion-susceptible Indian meal moth population, stressed with malathion, showed a 110-fo . . .

Bladderworts, aquatic carnivorous plants, use specialized traps (with a mouth opening of about 0.2 mm in diameter) to complete their feeding strike in less than a millisecond after the trap begins to open. Suction feeding is well understood in animals . . .