BACKGROUND Malassezia species (spp.) are cutaneous opportunistic pathogens and associated with various dermatological diseases including seborrheic dermatitis, dandruff and atopic dermatitis. Almost all Malassezia spp. are obligatorily lipid-dependent, which might be caused by lack of the myristic acid synthesis. Recent genome analysis of M. restricta and M. globosa suggested that the absence o...

Three new species of the huntsman spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999, collected from Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, P. R. China, are described: Sinopoda cochlearia sp. nov. (male, female), S. globosa sp. nov. (male, female) and S. longiducta sp. nov. (male, female). All three new species were collected from native forest by hand.

The viral nature of the first "giant virus," Mimivirus, was realized in 2003, 10 y after its initial isolation from the water of a cooling tower in Bradford, UK. Soon after its genome was sequenced, the mining of the Global Ocean Sampling environmental sequence database revealed that the closest relatives of Mimivirus, only known to infect Acanthamoeba, were to be found in the sea. These predic...

Abstract Several phytoplankton species produce the metabolites dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) but their intracellular roles need to be better understood. To improve understanding of DMSP antioxidant function suggested by Sunda et al. (2002), we exposed diatom Skeletonema costatum, Prymnesiophyceae Phaeocystis globosa dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra experimen...

There is growing evidence that animals gain information from heterospecifics, but utilising other species’ signals has rarely been reported in invertebrates. Herein, I conducted field experiments a mixed colony of two crab species, Scopimera globosa and Austruca lactea, to test whether S. discriminate several different displays neighbouring male A. lactea. Three types ‘intruders’ (male or femal...

BACKGROUND Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a multifactorial disease; Malassezia species play an important role in its pathogenesis. OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine whether a cream containing climbazole/piroctone olamine (C/P cream), antifungal agents with expected efficacy against Malassezia species, could improve SD symptoms. METHODS We instructed 24 patients with mild-to-moderate SD to appl...

Malassezia fungi have been the suspected cause of dandruff for more than a century. Previously referred to as Pityrosporum ovale, Pityrosporum orbiculare, or Malassezia, these fungi are now known to consist of at least seven Malassezia species. Each species has a specific ecological niche, as well as specific biochemical and genetic characteristics. Malassezia yeasts have fastidious culture con...

First records of Myxomycetes from the Republic Tuva, Russia, are presented. We identified 24 species myxomycetes 12 genera, 7 families and 4 orders in State Natural Customer “Sut-Khol”. For 14 have been for first time. Arcyria globosa , on bark a live Сaragana Asian part Russia using “moist chamber”. also rare Echinostelium fragile Pinus sylvestris .