Non-indigenous species (NIS) can pose a significant level of risk, through potential ecological or genetic consequences, to environments to which they are introduced. One way to characterize the overall risk posed by a NIS is to combine the probability and consequences of its establishment in a risk assessment that can be used to inform managers and policy-makers. The vase tunicate Ciona intest...

Variations in protein, lipid, carbohydrate and astaxanthin content of Enteromorpha intestinalis, Ulva lactuca and Catenella repens were documented over a 10 months period from September 2007 to June 2008. The macroalgal species were collected from six sampling stations of Indian Sundarbans, a Gangetic delta at the apex of Bay of Bengal. On dry weight basis, the protein content varied from 4.15±...

Suppressive subtractive hybridization was conducted to identify unique genes coding for plant cell wall hydrolytic enzymes and other properties of the gastrointestinal bacterium Fibrobacter intestinalis DR7 not shared by Fibrobacter succinogenes S85. Subtractive clones from F. intestinalis were sequenced and assembled to form 712 nonredundant contigs with an average length of 525 bp. Of these, ...

A 92yearold woman was transferred to our hospital because of diarrhea and vomiting. Approximately 1 month earlier, the patient was admitted to another hospital for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia and pyelonephritis. She had been well with hydration and antibiotics including piperacillintazobactam until 2 days before this presentation, when diarrhea and vomiting developed. On examination, ...

We report the main characteristics of "Collinsella bouchesdurhonensis" strain Marseille-P3296, which was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 50-year-old pygmy (Baka) woman.

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in different patient groups consisting of immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS The stool samples of 100 patients consisting of 25 patients receiving chemotherapy and with acute gastrointestinal complaints, 25 with bone marrow transplant and acute gastrointes...

Human-mediated dispersal interplays with natural processes and complicates understanding of the biogeographical history of species. This is exemplified by two invasive tunicates, Ciona robusta (formerly Ciona intestinalis type A) and C. intestinalis (formerly Ciona intestinalis type B), globally distributed and sympatric in Europe. By gathering new mitochondrial sequences that were merged with ...

BACKGROUND Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, marked by numerous gas-filled cysts in the intestinal wall and submucosa or intestinal submucosa, is a very uncommon condition. CASE PRESENTATION A 79-year-old Asian man presented to our emergency department after 2 days of lower abdominal pain with nausea and constipation. His past medical history included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a...

The study of marine invertebrates is useful in various biological research fields. However, genetic analyses of these animals are limited, mainly due to difficulties in culturing them, and the genetic resources of marine invertebrates have not been organized. Recently, advances have been made in the study of two deuterostomes, an ascidian Ciona intestinalis and a feather star Oxycomanthus japon...