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• TWiP 2: General parasitism

  
  virology blog — Authority: 494
  Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 2 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites.. Download TWiP #2 (47 MB .mp3, 65 minutes) ...
  1 week ago

• Proper Backcountry Bathroom Etiquette

  
  New York Outdoors Blog — Authority: 140
  An opinion article by MIKE LYNCH, Enterprise Outdoors Writer, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, link to original post If you’ve visited any high-use camping areas such as the High Peaks Wilderness, St. Regis Canoe Area or Bog River, you may have encountered, just off the trail, a minefield of toilet paper off a side ...
  4 weeks ago

• Giardia

  
  Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists — Authority: 115
  Giardia and the other diplomonads are unique in their possession of two nuclei that are similar in appearance, DNA content, transcription, and time of replication. Trophozoites have a ploidy of four and the ploidy of cysts is eight, which in turn raises the question of how Giardia maintains homogeneity between the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Giardia Genome

  
  Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists — Authority: 115
  Diplomonads are a group of mitochondrion-lacking, binucleated flagellates found in anaerobic or micro-aerophilic environments. Most research on diplomonads has focused on Giardia , which is a major cause of water-borne enteric disease in humans and other animals. The first diplomonad to have its genome sequenced was ...
  4 weeks ago

• Anaerobic protozoa book

  
  Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists — Authority: 115
  In a forthcoming book on anaerobic protozoa , internationally acclaimed researchers critically review the most important aspects of research on anaerobic parasitic protozoa, providing the first coherent picture of their genomics and molecular biology since the publication of the genomes. Chapters are written from ...
  4 weeks ago

• Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa

  
  Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists — Authority: 115
  Anaerobic parasitic protozoa cause medically and economically important diseases such as dysentery, sexually transmitted infections, and gastroenteritis that affect millions of people worldwide annually. Recently the genomes of the three key anaerobic protozoa, Trichomonas , Giardia and Entamoeba , have been ...
  4 weeks ago

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