© 2014 Published by Elsevier GmbH. Isolations from oak symptomatic of Acute Oak Decline, alder and walnut log tissue, and buprestid beetles in 2009-2012 yielded 32 Gram-negative bacterial strains showing highest gyrB sequence similarity to Rahnella a... Read More about Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella.
Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA (2014)
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In 2010, cream-coloured, Gram-negative staining, facultatively anaerobic enterobacteria were isolated from a single black oak tree (Quercus kelloggii) exhibiting decline symptoms in southern California, USA. These 12 isolates were tentatively identif... Read More about Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA.
Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak (2014)
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Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria were isolated from symptomatic oak tissue in the UK and USA. Partial gyrB sequencing placed ten strains in the genus Brenneria, with B. goodwinii as the closest phylogenetic relative. The strains were i... Read More about Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak.
Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas corrugata, a phytopathogenic bacterium with potential industrial applications (2014)
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Pseudomonas corrugata was first described as the causal agent of a tomato disease called 'pith necrosis' yet it is considered as a biological resource in various fields such as biocontrol of plant diseases and production of industrially promising mic... Read More about Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas corrugata, a phytopathogenic bacterium with potential industrial applications.
Glycation is regulated by isoflavones (2014)
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The effect of soy isoflavones on the Maillard reaction (MR) was investigated. Model systems composed of the soy protein glycinin (10 mg mL -1) and fructose (40 mg mL-1) under basic pH (∼12) conditions were employed for testing the anti-glycative effe... Read More about Glycation is regulated by isoflavones.
An old dog and new tricks: Genetic analysis of a Tudor dog recovered from the Mary Rose wreck (2014)
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© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. The Tudor warship the Mary Rose sank in the Solent waters between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the 19th of July 1545, whilst engaging a French invasion fleet. The ship was rediscovered in 1971 and between 1979 and... Read More about An old dog and new tricks: Genetic analysis of a Tudor dog recovered from the Mary Rose wreck.
The rulB gene of plasmid pWW0 is a hotspot for the site-specific insertion of integron-like elements found in the chromosomes of environmental Pseudomonas fluorescens group bacteria (2013)
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Summary: The rulAB operon of Pseudomonas spp. confers fitness traits on the host and has been suggested to be a hotspot for insertion of mobile elements that carry avirulence genes. Here, for the first time, we show that rulB on plasmid pWW0 is a hot... Read More about The rulB gene of plasmid pWW0 is a hotspot for the site-specific insertion of integron-like elements found in the chromosomes of environmental Pseudomonas fluorescens group bacteria.
A Pseudomonas syringae diversity survey reveals a differentiated phylotype of the pathovar syringae associated with the mango host and mangotoxin production (2013)
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, the causal agent of bacterial apical necrosis (BAN) in mango crops, has been isolated in different mango-producing areas worldwide. An extensive collection of 87 P. syringae pv. syringae strains isolated from mango... Read More about A Pseudomonas syringae diversity survey reveals a differentiated phylotype of the pathovar syringae associated with the mango host and mangotoxin production.
Validation study to compare effects of processing protocols on measured Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine and Nε-(carboxyethyl) lysine in blood (2013)
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Epidemiological studies show that elevated plasma levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with diabetes, kidney disease, and heart disease. Thus AGEs have been used as disease progression markers. However, the effects of varia... Read More about Validation study to compare effects of processing protocols on measured Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine and Nε-(carboxyethyl) lysine in blood.
A novel approach to cognitive engineering: Manipulating access cost (2013)
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The traditional approach to cognitive engineering involves reducing workload by providing operators with immediately accessible relevant information. We suggest that such immediate access may not always improve human performance. Somewhat counter-int... Read More about A novel approach to cognitive engineering: Manipulating access cost.
Migration and niche partitioning simultaneously increase species richness and rarity (2013)
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To understand species abundance distributions effectively, it is essential to consider the forces which create the overwhelmingly long 'tail' of rare species. Both neutral and niche theory have been invoked to explain the rarity of certain species in... Read More about Migration and niche partitioning simultaneously increase species richness and rarity.
Current generation in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) treating urine (2013)
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This study investigated a novel treatment process for human urine in membraneless single-chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs). The performances of SCMFCs with Pt-based or Pt-free cathode were tested for over 1000 hours of operation. The pH of the an... Read More about Current generation in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) treating urine.
Some advantages in delaying information access cost at an interface (2013)
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Paying the price works: Increasing goal-state access cost improves problem solving and mitigates the effect of interruption (2013)
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The aim of this paper was to investigate whether it was possible to induce more internal planning in the four-disk Tower of Hanoi (ToH) in order not only to produce more efficient problem solving but also to make it more resistant to the negative eff... Read More about Paying the price works: Increasing goal-state access cost improves problem solving and mitigates the effect of interruption.
Improving the effectiveness of an interruption lag by inducing a memory-based strategy (2013)
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The memory for goals model (Altmann & Trafton, 2002) posits the importance of a short delay (the 'interruption lag') before an interrupting task to encode suspended goals for retrieval post-interruption. Two experiments used the theory of soft constr... Read More about Improving the effectiveness of an interruption lag by inducing a memory-based strategy.
Spatial variation in the macrobenthic assemblages of intertidal seagrass along the long axis of an estuary (2012)
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Invertebrate macrofaunal biodiversity within intertidal seagrass meadows was investigated over a salinity gradient of
Positive interactions can produce species-rich communities and increase species turnover through time (2012)
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Aims: The process of facilitation, where a species increases the survival, growth, and fitness of another species, is becoming increasingly recognized as a critical factor in shaping the structure of plant communities. This process is particularly im... Read More about Positive interactions can produce species-rich communities and increase species turnover through time.
Suppression of Microdochium nivale by potassium phosphite in cool-season turfgrasses (2012)
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Microdochium nivale (Fr.) Samuels and Hallett (teleomorph Monographella nivalis (Schafnitt) is one of the most damaging pathogens of cool-season amenity turfgrasses. The search for new or improved means to reduce susceptibility to M. nivale is an ong... Read More about Suppression of Microdochium nivale by potassium phosphite in cool-season turfgrasses.
Out of sequence communications can affect causal judgement (2012)
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In some practical uncertain situations decision makers are presented with described events that are out of sequence when having to make a causal attribution. A theoretical perspective concerning the causal coherence of the explanation is developed to... Read More about Out of sequence communications can affect causal judgement.
Afghanistan's ethnic groups share a y-chromosomal heritage structured by historical events (2012)
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Afghanistan has held a strategic position throughout history. It has been inhabited since the Paleolithic and later became a crossroad for expanding civilizations and empires. Afghanistan's location, history, and diverse ethnic groups present a uniqu... Read More about Afghanistan's ethnic groups share a y-chromosomal heritage structured by historical events.