Afforestation of contaminated areas is considered as a possible strategy for reduction of contaminations. In the present study, the effects of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were investigated on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters (Fv/Fm, Fo, and Fm), photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, b, and total chlorophyll), and proline in one-year-old seedlings of Celtis caucasica and Robinia pseudoacacia...

During the period from October to December 2001, Bucephalus polymorphus metacercariae were described in a new host, Knipowitshia caucasica from Lake Egirdir. A total of 614 fish were collected and the intensity of invasion varied from 10 to 120 parasites per fish. Prevalence of metacercariae of B.polymorphus was 100%, and encysted metacercariae of B.polymorhus were observed in the muscle of the...

The etiologic agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, includes two subspecies, of which Y. pestis subsp. microtus contains the strains that cause only occasional diseases in humans that are not accompanied by human-to-human transmission. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 19 Y. pestis strains (across 6 biovars of Y. pestis subsp. microtus).

In this study, it was investigated whether different bee breeds prefer plant sources to collect propolis. For purpose four honey race (Apis mellifera caucasica, A. m. carnica, syriaca and anatoliaca) naturally have been in Turkey were placed the same isolated apiary; Propolis harvested from these races. chemical contents of alcoholic extractions propolis analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem...

In order to determine the resource potential of natural phytocenoses Republic Abkhazia, study medicinal plants flora Ritsa Relict National Park - a unique complex that occupies an important place all over Caucasus and entire chain mountains Eurasia, part Colchis. The diversity geological structure, topography, soils, climate hydrological conditions caused formation with endemic relict (West Abk...

Phylogenetic relationships among salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade are investigated using 2019 aligned base positions (713 parsimony informative) of 20 mitochondrial DNA sequences from the genes encoding ND1 (subunit one of NADH dehydrogenase), tRNA(Ile), tRNA(Gln), tRNA(Met), ND2, tRNA(Trp), tRNA(Ala), tRNA(Asn), tRNA(Cys), tRNA(Tyr), and COI (subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase), plus...

From August 1999 to January 2000, samples of house dust were collected from 160 domiciles in the city of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 36 of these domiciles kitchen samples were obtained. Prevalence rate was 77.5%, varying according to the geographical sector. There were found 2,278 specimens of mites, with 1,530 (67.2%) in the adult stage and 748 (32.8%) in immature forms. Th...

All of the 111 baboons examined from the Loskop Dam, Suikerbosrand and Scrutton Nature Reserves and the Sabie-Tweefontein Forest Reserve were infested with helminths of the digestive tract. The helminths recovered were Bertiella studeri, Enterobius vermicularis, Oesophagostomum bifurcum, Physaloptera caucasica, Streptopharagus pigmentatus, Strongyloides fülleborni, Trichostrongylus falculatus, ...