the basidiomycetous yeast genus cryptococcus contains two medically important pathogens, cryptococcus neoformans and c. gattii [1-3]. c. neoformans is one of the common pathogens in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids), whereas the most cases of diseases due to c. gattii happened in the healthy individuals [2, 4]. c. gattii has a tendency to affect the respiratory and nervous systems of th...

BACKGROUND Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in modern society and it is evident that its incidence and severity are increasing, however very little is known about the plants used in the management of the disease. This study therefore aimed to document the plants usage in the Togolese traditional medicine to treat asthma. METHODOLOGY From January to June 2015, an ethnobotanica...

This article documents the addition of 299 microsatellite marker loci and nine pairs of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) EPIC primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources (MER) Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Alosa pseudoharengus, Alosa aestivalis, Aphis spiraecola, Argopecten purpuratus, Coreoleuciscus splendidus, Garra gotyla, Hippodamia convergens, Linnaea borealis...

in this study, penicillium digitatum, the causes of green mould disease of orange fruits, were isolated from infected fruit in bam city. antifungal activity of three different plant essential oils eucalyptus camaldulensis, zataria multiflora, myrtus communis at 50, 100, 150 and 200 ppm concentration, have been evaluated. mic (minimum inhibitory concentration) and growth inhibition zone diameter...