The bacterial flora of blue crabs (Callinectes sapid us) from Chesapeake Bay was examined. Hemolymph of normal, healthy blue crabs was found non-sterile, with total bacterial counts ranging from <100 to >3.0 x 10 5 on a seawater-based medium and 0 to >10 5 on Standard Methods Agar. Counts of 0-10 3 were observed on TCBS agar. Vibrio spp., including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, were the major taxono...

The bacterial flora associated with certain common abnormalities of the female genital tract were studied. The abnormalities included were trichomonal infestation of the vagina, the epithelial inflammation and cellular atypia associated with protozoal infestation, and erosions of the cervix. Trichomonas vaginalis infestation and marked epithelial inflammation were associated with a very varied ...

As is the case for all anatomic sites with a mucosal surface, the vagina may be colonized by a variety of bacteria, fungi, and other potential pathogens. A normal vaginal flora is predominately composed of Lactobacillus species, with low bacterial diversity [1]. Lactobacilli provide significant health benefits to the host by decreasing the vaginal pH through lactic acid production, generating H...

Flora of Jahanbin mountain area in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, located between Shahrekord and Hafshejan cities, with 12’187 hectares and 2’150 to 3’300 m elevation above sea level, is investigated. Vegetation of this area comprises of 273 species, 189 genera and 42 families. Asteraceae (37 species, 13.5%), Poaceae (31 species, 11.3%) and Fabaceae (25 species, 9.1%) were the most importa...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common human malignant tumors. Recent research has shown that colorectal cancer is a dysbacteriosis-induced disease; however, the role of intestinal bacteria in colorectal cancer is unclear. This review explores the role of intestinal flora in colorectal cancer. In total, 57 articles were included after identification and screening. The pertinent literature ...

A fairly diverse and abundant diatom flora is associated with remains of Mammut americanurn at the Shelton Mastodon Site in northern Oakland County, Michigan. The most abundant elements of this flora are species commonly recorded from late-glacial deposits in North America and Europe. The nearest modern analogues of this flora are assemblages deposited in small lakes in the high arctic and pres...

Methods for initiating and perpetuating a culture of mixed oral flora on hydroxyapatite (HT)-coated glass beads are described. Preliminary characterization of the resultant flora showed that species common in human dental plaque were present. The composition of the flora could be manipulated by altering cultural conditions. Scanning electron micrographs demonstrated that the microbes grew in de...

An in vivo study was carried on rats to see the influence of arsenic on aerobic gut flora. A significant inhibition of gut flora was observed after 2 weeks of administration of arsenic (1 mg/L) ad libitum with a decrease in stool arsenic level and increase in liver arsenic level. However, this inhibitory effect of arsenic on gut flora was not observed in presence of vitamin E (1 mg/day) or sele...

The microbial flora associated with fleas may affect their ability to transmit specific pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, and also could be used to develop paratransgenesis-based approaches to interfere with transmission. To begin addressing this hypothesis, the microbial flora associated with the relatively efficient Y. pestis vectors Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild) (Siphonaptera: Pulicida...

Flora-2 is a rule-based object-oriented knowledge base system designed for a variety of automated tasks on the Semantic Web, ranging from meta-data management to information integration to intelligent agents. The Flora-2 system integrates F-logic, HiLog, and Transaction Logic into a coherent knowledge representation and inference language. The result is a flexible and natural framework that com...