Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective alternative treatment for patients with refractory
epilepsy. The generator produces intermittent stimulation trains and does not require …

The term peptidomics for a new promising “omics” field was not introduced until the
beginning of 2000. The approach has been proven successful in several domains such as …

… Blood samples were taken on admission to the emergency de- … dent samples t tests and x2
analyses revealed no signifi- … Independent samples t tests and x2 analyses revealed no signifi…

The phylogenetic composition of bacterioplankton communities in the water column of four
shallow eutrophic lakes was analyzed by partially sequencing cloned 16S rRNA genes and …

Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic bacterium widely present in arthropods and animal-parasitic
nematodes. Despite previous efforts, it has never been identified in plant-parasitic …

Wolbachia pipientis are intracellular, transovarially inherited α-Proteobacteria in invertebrates.
Four major Wolbachia groups exist: A, B (contained in divergent arthropods), C and D (…

Numerous micro-organisms have been described as cytoplasmic symbionts of eukaryotes.
Many so-called obligate endosymbionts rely exclusively on maternal (vertical or transovarial) …

Background CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli strains are regarded as major global
pathogens. Methodology/Principal Findings The nucleotide sequence of three plasmids (pEC_B24: …

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplified nifH gene fragments was used
to study the diazotrophic community of soil samples under Acacia tortilis ssp. raddiana (…

Purpose: Left‐sided vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an efficacious treatment for patients
with refractory epilepsy. The precise mechanism of action remains to be elucidated. Only …