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Coupled Geophysical and Hydrogeochemical Characterization of a Coastal Aquifer as Tool for a More Efficient Management (Torredembarra, Spain)
<p>The aquifers of the Spanish Mediterranean coast are generally subjected to intense exploitationto meet the growing water supply demands. The result of the exploitation is salinizationdue to the marine saltwater intrusion, ...
Exploring glutathione lyases as biocatalysts: paving the way for enzymatic lignin depolymerization and future stereoselective Applications
Glutathione-dependent β-etherases and glutathione lyases are key-enzymes for the biocatalytic depolymerization of lignin. In the first step, the nucleophilic attack of glutathione to the common β-O-4-aryl-ether motif in ...
Datos para la flora catalana, algunas plantas nuevas
Fruto de nuestras exploraciones botánicas durante el año 1974 por la comarca del Priorat y sus estribaciones montañosas han sido una serie de hallazgos que juzgamos con el suficiente interés florístico y corológico para ...
Lo que es y no es Tanacetum funkii Willk.
Se discute la entidad taxonómica de Tanacetum funkii Willk., especie que actualmente se considera extinta, y se incluye en el géreo Anthemis como Anthemis funkii (willk.) Benedí.
Assassins innocents: el cas de listèria
Tot i que els microbis són uns organismes molt especials, i per tant interessants per si mateixos, també ho són perquè afecten tots els aspectes de l'existència dels humans i de la resta d'éssers vius amb els seus efectes ...
Notas corologicas balearicas de Chamaesyce S.F. Gray
Con el fin de allegar materiales para un estudio cariológico de Chamaesyce S. F. Gray que forma parte de una revisión genérica, objeto de la tesis de licenciatura de uno de nosotros J. J. Orell , se planteó la necesidad ...
Treatment and follow-up of a domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with clinical leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania infantum
Leishmania infantum infection including treatment and follow up in domestic animals other than dogs and cats has not been described at this moment. This article describes the anti-Leishmania treatment and follow-up of a ...
Typing of Leishmania isolates from vectors and leporids of the Madrid (Spain) outbreak.
In 2009, a large outbreak of leishmaniasis, associated with environmental changes, was declared near Madrid (Spain), in which <em>Phlebotomus perniciosus</em> was the vector, whereas the main reservoirs were hares and ...
Datos para la Flora de Jaen
Se relacionan, a continuación, siete táxones seleccionados entre las recolecciones realizadas en junio de 1983 en el complejo orogràfico de la Sierra de Segura-Cazorla (Jaén), por C. Benedí, C. Blanché, J. Molerò y J. ...
Production of Encecalin in Cell Cultures and Hairy Roots of Helianthella quinquenervis (Hook.) A. Gray
Plant cell and organ cultures of Helianthella quinquenervis, a medicinal plant whose roots are used by the Tarahumara Indians of Chihuahua, Mexico, to relieve several ailments, were established to identify and quantify ...
Ácaros parásitos de micromamíferos en Cataluña. I. Familia Glycyphagidae
<p>The study of 20 small mammals species -Rodentia. lnsectivora- collected in the Catalonian region, has allowed the discovery of 8 mite species of the family Glycyphagidae: <em>Glycyphagus</em> (<em>Myacarus</em>) ...
Optimization of a quality model for CCA industrial impregnation of Pinus radiata D. Don agricultural fencing stakes
Impregnation of agricultural fencing stakes (Pinus radiata D. Don) using wood preservative solutions, like chromated copper arsenate (CCA-C), a water soluble salt, to protect them from decay and insect damage was investigated ...
First Molecular Diagnosis of Clinical Cases of Gastric Anisakiosis in Spain
Anisakiosis is a fish-borne disease with gastrointestinal and/or allergic symptoms caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked fish parasitized with nematode larvae of the genus Anisakis. In Europe, Anisakis pegre i ...
A guide for the generation of repositories of clinical samples for research on Chagas disease.
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em>, affects over 6 million people, mainly in Latin America. Two different clinical phases, acute and chronic, are recognized. Currently, two anti-parasitic ...
The importance of the age when evaluating mercury pollution in fishes: the case of Diplodus sargus (Pisces, Sparidae) in the NW Mediterranean
The aim of this study was to analyse the concentration of mercury (Hg) in the muscle of a common littoral, omnivorous fish such as the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and to evaluate its relationship with the age and size ...
La complejidad de lo simple: la célula bacteriana
El famoso entomólogo y padre de la sociobiología Edward O. Wilson, de la Universidad de Harvard, escribió el siguiente párrafo para finalizar su libro autobiográfico Naturalist (1994, Island Press, Washington, p. 364): "Si ...
Introducing automation to the molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A comparative study of sample treatments, DNA extraction methods and real-time PCR assays
Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become a useful tool for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The development of automated DNA extraction methodologies and PCR systems is an important step toward ...
Effect of pRi T-DNA genes and elicitation on morphology and phytoecdysteroid biosynthesis in Ajuga bracteosa hairy roots
The medicinal plant Ajuga bracteosa is a rich source of biologically active and metabolism-enhancing phytoecdysteroids. Transgenic hairy roots from A. bracteosa were obtained by infection with Agrobacterium rhizogenes ...
Pseudomonas deceptionensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium from the Antarctic
During the taxonomic investigation of cold-adapted bacteria from samples collected in theAntarctic area of the South Shetland Islands, one Gram-reaction-negative, psychrotolerant,aerobic bacterium, designated strain M1T, ...
Optimization of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of traces of taxanes in a Corylus avellana cell suspension medium
Since the recent discovery of taxol and other taxanes in Corylus avellana, this plant species has attracted interest as a potential new source of these compounds. However, its low taxane content in comparison with Taxus ...
