Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is responsible for several food-borne outbreaks worldwide. In this study, tissue samples of finfish (tilapia, n = 100) and (mullet, 100), twenty human hand swabs from fish sellers fishermen were tested bacteriologically STEC presence. Isolates their antibiotic susceptibility examined the presence eaeA,stx1, stx2 genes. E. identified tissues (36.5% 1...

Recently, three novel avian-origin swine influenza viruses (SIVs) were first isolated from pigs in Guangdong Province, southern China, yet little is known about the seroprevalence of avian influenza viruses among pigs in southern China. Here, we report for the first time the seroprevalence of avian H3, H4, and H6 influenza viruses in swine populations and the lack of seroepidemiological evidenc...

In the PHENIX experiment at RHIC, the electro-magnetic calorimeter plays an important role in both the heavy-ion and spin physics programs for which it was designed. In order to measure its performance in the energy range up to 80GeV, a beam test was performed at the CERN-SPS H6 beam line. We describe the beam test and present results on calorimeter performance with pion and electron beams.

An ab initio calculation of a secondary isotope effect on a bond length has been carried out for the first time. Single determinant molecular orbital computations indicate that the mean C-C bond length at O"K is longer in C,H6 than in C,D6 by 0.0015 A. A comparison with model calculations supports a steric interpretation in which H atoms act as if they are bulkier than 0 atoms owing to their la...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a serious disease of oil crop. The P5CR gene the first reported to be associated with resistance infection in soybeans, and its closest homologs are located on chromosomes A10 C09 Brassica napus. We named these BnP5CR1 BnP5CR2, respectively. purpose this study was examine single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotype diversity (Hd) BnP5CR2 among canola cultivars dif...

Understanding the evolution of metal in protoplanetary disk is necessary to constrain first steps metal-silicate segregation and early stages disk. We measured siderophile elemental compositions (PGE, Ni, Co, Fe, Cu, Ga, Ge) individual grains H ordinary chondrites by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry investigate their formation. analyzed unequilibrated (H3) processes a...

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an H6N6 avian influenza virus (AIV) isolated from a pigeon in Guangxi, southern China, in 2014. The eight RNA segment genes shared a high nucleotide identity (97 to 99%) with H6N6 subtypes of AIV isolated from ducks in the regions around Guangxi Province. The finding of this study will help us understand the ecology and molecular characteristics o...