Despite some unconfirmed reports of S. pneumoniae DNA in the serum of healthy persons (20 – 22 ), our failure to find other bacterial sequences in the two pleural fluid specimens with broad-range primers leads us to conclude that S. pneumoniae was the cause of these two cases of respiratory tract disease.
As recent physiological and biogeographic studies implicate temperature as a primary selection force for species survival and persistence of populations [ 16, 17], a second factor for consideration might be including specimens from populations with broader thermal tolerances in order to minimize risk to the restored population through climate change.
Results from the DASL assay, which like qRT-PCR requires only short fragments of RNA, were similar to the qRT-PCR; reproducible results were able to be obtained with cryopreserved specimens over a broad range of sample quality.
For the sexually reproducing taxa, we selected two species with distributions restricted to western North America, M. multispora 3 (26 specimens) and M. subolivacea 2 (77); and two species with broader geographic distributions, M. olivacea (35) and M. septentrionalis (31).
The ability to acquire images with improved axial resolution using CLSM is especially valuable for imaging thick specimens with complex fluorescent labeling distributed over a broad depth.
Villaraigosa remained obstreperous with Broad.
Teach was tall, with broad shoulders.
The mosasaur specimen with a full belly is still being prepared by fossil technicians.
In her drawings titled, "Specimen Collections," Sue Johnson revives a Victorian pastime of amassing, then drawing specimens, with a quirky habit of merging species.
For example, instead of paying for new specimens with each installation, she recycles her bugs.
The researchers examined nearly 2,000 specimens, with linked clinical records and follow-up through 15 years.
