This study aims to characterize the microbial community and its relationship with heavy metal pollution in the beaches of Sugozu, an important nesting site for the green turtle. Heavy metal concentrations of sand samples ...

Sulfahydantoins are five-membered rings found in the structure of chemicals that exhibit antibacterial, antiinflammatory, and anticonvulsant properties. They also activate serine protease enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis ...

Questions Competition and facilitation form a continuum of interactions between plants from intensely negative to intensely positive. Competition has long been understood to be a major selective force driving the expression ...

Edwardsiella ictaluri is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen causing enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC), a devastating disease resulting in significant economic losses in the U.S. catfish industry. Bacterial ...

Green chemistry were used for the extracellular synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using algae extracts of Cladophora sp. (macroalgae). AgNPs were synthesized by treating silver ions with a chlorophyll and carotenoid ...

The Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is one of the most important stored product pests. Fumigation plays a significant role in the management of insect pests in stored-products. However, the ...

Apis mellifera, widely farmed around the world, is the most economically important species within the genus Apis. While the microbiota of live honey bees have been extensively examined, bacteria found in deceased honey ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are widely used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, high temperature and fever, and prevent blood clots. There are very few studies where some of these drugs are studied simultaneously ...

The morphology and morphometry of the sagittal otolith were compared for five Scorpaena species from the Sea of Marmara, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Black Sea. A total of 1700 specimens belonging to S. elongata (n ...

Insecticides are among the most harmful chemicals to the environment. In the present study, the effect of synthetic pyrethroid insecticide zeta-cypermethrin, which is commonly used in fighting hazelnut weevil (Curculio ...