Abstract Mechanisms driving the consumption and transport of tidal marsh nutrients energy by fishes are key interest in San Francisco Estuary, CA, USA. By combining multiple data sources (gill-net catches, gut contents, channel morphology, tides), we modeled spatial temporal patterns fish abundance fullness across a elevation gradient. Channel depth, microhabitat, tide were important predictors...

I provide a short overview of the hypothesis of Yukawa unification within SUSY GUTs, emphasizing its motivations and its predictivity-enhancing role. I then discuss the status of the tests of this hypothesis, and the major role played by observables in the flavor sector. Concerning the patterns of soft SUSY-breaking terms assumed at the GUT scale, I focus on the cases of universalities on sferm...

The ability of the gut epithelium to defend against pathogens while tolerating harmless commensal organisms remains an important puzzle. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Lee et al. (2015) reveal how pathogen-secreted uracil acts at two steps to induce ROS via the Hedgehog pathway.

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Two morphologically distinct, H2- and CO2-utilizing methanogens were isolated from gut homogenates of the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes-flavipes (Kollar) (Rhinotermitidae). Strain RFM-1 was a short straight rod (0.4 by 1.2 micron), whereas strain RFM-2 was a slightly curved rod (0.34 by 1.6 microns) that possessed polar fibers. Their morphology, gram-positive staining reaction, resistanc...

OBJECTIVES Enteric neural stem cells provide hope of curative treatment for enteric neuropathies. Current protocols for their harvesting from humans focus on the generation of 'neurospheres' from cultures of dissociated gut tissue. The study aims to better understand the derivation, generation and composition of enteric neurospheres. DESIGN Gut tissue was obtained from Wnt1-Cre;Rosa26Yfp/Yfp ...

background isolated small gut mesentery injury after blunt abdominal trauma from the steering wheel in road traffic accidents is rare. these are always challenging to diagnose and pose a diagnostic dilemma. objectives to study the pattern of small gut mesenteric injury by steering wheel blunt abdominal trauma in road traffic accidents in patients who had laparotomy. patients and methods a 10-ye...

Apostichopus japonicus is a common sea cucumber that undergoes seasonal inactivity phases and ceases feeding during the summer months. We used this sea cucumber species as a model in which to examine phenotypic plasticity of the digestive tract in response to food deprivation. We measured the body mass, gross gut morphology and digestive enzyme activities of A. japonicus before, during, and aft...