To date, only 6 sporadic Microbacterium species (formerly coryneform Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] groups A-4 and A-5) infections have been reported. The source, mode of transmission, morbidity, mortality, and potential for nosocomial transmission of Microbacterium species remain unknown. From 26 July through 14 August 1997, 8 episodes of coryneform CDC group A-5 symptomatic ...

A Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped strain, NEAU-LLCT, was isolated from cow dung in Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and identified by a polyphasic taxonomic study. Colonies light yellow, round, with entire margin. Strain NEAU-LLCT grown at 15–45 ? pH 6.0–10.0. NaCl concentration ranged 0 to 5% (W/V). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of show...

Consumers are very concerned in "Protected Designation of Origin" (PDO) products, namely meat, since they associate these products to quality and healthy foods. Thus, it is necessary to implement analytical methodologies that could assure consumers about the products they purchase. Since this kind of meat is usually sold with no information concerning cattle sex, age and slaughter season, these...

This paper unifies the growth and profit strands in the empirical banking literature. A model allowing for bi-directional causality between growth and profit is used to test for the law of proportionate effect (LPE) and persistence of profit (POP), using 1990s European banking data. Larger commercial banks grew faster than smaller ones. The LPE describes the growth of savings and co-operative b...