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native phosphate solubilizing bacteria (psb) were isolated from four areas (ankober, keyt, mehalmeda and molale) of ethiopia to study their effect on releases of soluble phosphorus from insoluble p sources. the highest bacterial number was found at keyt (2.6103 g-1soil) and the least at molale (15 g-1soil). five efficient psb were selected for further study based on their ability in forming a ...

Young male rats were slowly infused with synthetic TRH, 1 microgram/hr, for 1, 3, 24, 48 and 72 hr, respectively. In the control rats, the basophils of the pituitaries can be divided, in their cytological properties, into the II- (classical thyrotrophs), II/III-,III, (classical LH-cell), and III/IV-type cell. The typical IV-type cells (classical FSH-cell), however, are scarcely found in the you...