North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)) migrate from
high-latitude summer feeding grounds to low-latitude winter breeding grounds along the …

Physical and biological properties of the fungal cell wall are determined by the composition
and arrangement of the structural polysaccharides. Cell wall polymers of fungi are classically …

The mechanism by which baleen whales (Mysticeti) produce sounds has remained largely
unknown, due in part to our limited knowledge of the relationship between the sound-…

All over the world, insecticides and fungicides are used to protect wood against pathogens.
To document the environmental toxicity of wood preservative mixtures, freshwater …

Chitosan-based adsorbent (CHITOD material) is used for the removal of Basic Blue 3 (BB 3)
from aqueous solutions. The adsorption of BB 3 on CHITOD material was studied as a …

We report the occurrence of a high rate of false-positive test results during the surveillance
of hematology patients for galactomannan (GM) antigenemia. Among 218 patients surveyed …

Understanding the organization and dynamics of social groups of marine mammals through
the study of kin relationships is particularly challenging. Here, we studied a stable social …

Eleven Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates and one Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolate
showing various pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types and producing an inducible DHA-1 …

Beta-propiolactone (BPL) is commonly used as an inactivating reagent to produce viral
vaccines. Although BPL has been described to chemically modify nucleic acids, its effect on viral …

Blue whales produce intense, stereotypic low frequency calls that are particularly well suited
for transmission over long distances. Because these calls vary geographically, they can be …