This review summarizes a decade of research in which we have used molecular methods,
in conjunction with more traditional approaches, to study hot spring cyanobacterial mats as …

Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a catastrophic disease of preterm infants,
and microbial dysbiosis has been implicated in its pathogenesis. Studies evaluating the …

There are roughly 30–40 million HIV-infected individuals in the world as of December 2007,
and drug abuse directly contributes to one-third of all HIV infections in the United States. …

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene segments
was used to profile microbial populations inhabiting different temperature regions in the …

… For example, it is demonstrated that an analytically useful laser plasma can be generated
at distances up to 19 m by using only 35 mJ/pulse from a compact laser. Some characteristics …

… mJ/20 mJ ~ 6. Therefore, the higher detection limits obtained with the portable instrument
may be attributed to the smaller soil mass ablated with the compact laser. The use of nongated …

Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a polymicrobial syndrome characterized by a
change in vaginal flora away from predominantly Lactobacillus species. The cause of BV is …

… Unless stated otherwise, the pulse energy incident on the sample was 190 mJ, which gave
a power density (calculated at the focal length of the lens) of 15 GW/cm 2 for the spherical …

ABSTRACT Knowledge of the abundance of bacterial species in vaginal communities will
help us to better understand their role in health and disease. However, progress in this field …

… For laser pulse energies below the air breakdown threshold value (about 37 mJ for these
experiments), an air plasma was not formed by the spherical lenses. At these lower energies, …