Through literature review, we documented introductions of non-indigenous aquatic flora and fauna into the Great Lakes basin since the early 1800s. We focused on the origin, probable mechanism(s) of introduction and the date and locality of first discovery of Great Lakes exotic species. The Laurentian Great Lakes have been subject to invasion by exotic species since settlement of the region by E...

Biodiversity loss and climate change secondary to human activities are now being associated with various adverse health effects. However, less attention is being paid to the effects of biodiversity loss on environmental and commensal (indigenous) microbiotas. Metagenomic and other studies of healthy and diseased individuals reveal that reduced biodiversity and alterations in the composition of ...

Gibbons, R. J. (Forsyth Dental Center and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass.), S. S. Socransky, and B. Kapsimalis. Establishment of human indigenous bacteria in germ-free mice. J. Bacteriol. 88:1316-1323. 1964.-Thirteen strains of bacteria indigenous to the gingival crevice area of man were tested for their ability to establish as monocontaminants in germ-free mice. Three facultat...

We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Chemical contamination and sewage disposal on the continent have been found to be long-lived. Contemporary sewage management practices at many coastal stations are insufficient t...

Iturbide is in the northeast of Mexico and has a rich native exotic flora; however, there are no ethnobotanical records, therefore, it requires attention documentation traditional knowledge practices its botanical resources. In 2021, twelve field trips were carried out, applying 110 semi-structured interviews. Plant samples collected, identified deposited an herbarium. We used Chi-square test t...

BACKGROUND Integrating theory when developing complex quality improvement interventions can help to explain clinical and organizational behavior, inform strategy selection, and understand effects. This paper describes a theory-informed interactive dissemination strategy. Using aggregated quality improvement data, the strategy seeks to engage stakeholders in wide-scale data interpretation and kn...

Background: It is the first ethno-botanical study to preserve ethno-flora of Makkra hills along with their different uses document indigenous knowledge. This enumerated and highlighted significance plants for used categories by local people in unexplored biodiversity rich region AJ&K, Pakistan. Methods: A questionnaire method was adopted conduct an ethno-medicinal study. Questionnaire were f...