Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, was isolated from the blood, kidneys, spleens, eyes, or livers of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) (n = 19 of 22) and from the blood, kidneys, or spleens of eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) (n = 2 of 2) captured at three foci for Lyme disease in eastern Connecticut. These bacteria were cultured most frequently from spleens (...

Channa striata is considered as a potential food, because it is known to be used as the treatment of wounds, reduced pain, and as additional energy during illness. This fish is always consumed by rural peoples to having good medicinal qualities. But why this can happen need to be explored. This study was undertaken to determine the nutrients content and amino acid composition in Pasurua Channa ...

Ornamental fish keeping is a popular hobby worldwide, supporting significant global aquarium industry. Using export records of live snakeheads (Channa spp.) from India, we show six-fold increase in the numbers these (wild-sourced, freshwater) species exported worldwide between 2014 and 2019, driven by an exports West Bengal to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. We highlight issues associated with exploi...

Clams of the genus Donax are worldwide the dominating group of the invertebrate community on sandy beaches. They are primary consumers that provide a significant abundance and biomass to the ecosystem. In the Caribbean, Donax striatus has an important role for nature and human, nonetheless studies on the population dynamics of this beach clam are scarce and no information exists on secondary pr...

NMR analyses of striatol produced by suspension-cultured cells of liverwort, Ptycanthus striatus, in the presence of [2-(13)C]- and [4,4-(2)H2]-MVAs confirmed proton-catalyzed cyclization between the distal and central double bonds in FPP and a concerted series of 1,2-migrations of hydrogen and a methyl group, with subsequent elimination of a proton.