Membrane organization of the desiccation tolerant moss Tortula ruralis was studied in several intensely dehydrated states (75% relative humidity [RH], 90% RH, plasmolysis in molar salt, freezing to -20 degrees C) by (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance and ultrastructural analyses. Both methods revealed that even at 75% RH (-400 bars), the moss cellular membranes retained extended phospholipid bila...

Transgenic plants are promising alternatives for the low-cost and safe pathogen-free production of complex recombinant pharmaceutical proteins (molecular farming). Plants as higher eukaryotes perform posttranslational modifications similar to those of mammalian cells. However, plant-specific protein N-glycosylation was shown to be immunogenic, a fact that represents a drawback for many plant sy...

This paper proposes a novel communication protocol, called Many-to-One Sensors-to-Sink (MOSS), tailored to wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It exploits the unique sensors-to-sink traffic pattern to realize low-overhead medium access and lowlatency sensors-to-sink routing paths. In conventional schedule-based MAC protocols such as S-MAC, sensor nodes in the proximity of the event generate report...

The types of plant diversity on the territory Radomyshl Forestry in areas with different forest vegetation conditions were investigated. 21 species belonging to 15 families and 18 genera have been identified. main are determined (Pinus sylvestris-Vaccinium vitisidaea+V. myrtillus-Cladonia spp.+ Pleurozium; Pinus sylvestris-Calluna vulgaris-Pleurozium+ Cladonia ssp.; myrtillus-Pleurozium; sylves...

This editorial is the product of a recent communication with Journal Editor Stammers. Moss and Thompson, Editors of the journal Quality in Health Care adopted a new outline for quality improvement reports (1). They made the point that clinical quality reports (like case reports) do not fit the traditional scientific publication outline of introduction, method, results, and discussion. Just as M...

We show in bryophytes that abscisic acid (ABA) pretreatment of moss (Physcomitrella patens) cells confers desiccation tolerance. In angiosperms, both ABA and the transcriptional regulator ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3) are required to protect the seed during desiccation. ABA was not able to protect moss cells in stable deletion lines of ABI3 (DeltaPpabi3). Hence, moss has the same functiona...

The determination of atmospheric deposition in forests can be accomplished using technical sampling devices (bulk samplers, wet only samplers), biomonitors or modelling. In Europe, since 1990 moss sampled every five years at up to 7300 places in up to 36 countries was used as biomonitor. In the moss specimens, heavy metals (HM), nitrogen (N, since 2005) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs, ...

Thirty-nine moss species occur on Kent Island, New Brunswick. Two-thirds of the moss species found on the island have mainly boreal ranges, which reflects the cool growing season and generally boreal character of the Bay of Fundy's vegetation. One species, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, has been recorded only once previously in the province. Most moss species showed distinctive habitat distributions. ...