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Stud Mycol ; 103: 59-85, 2022 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37342153

RESUMO

In a recently published classification scheme for Leotiomycetes, the new family Hyphodiscaceae was erected; unfortunately, this study was rife with phylogenetic misinterpretations and hampered by a poor understanding of this group of fungi. This manifested in the form of an undiagnostic familial description, an erroneous familial circumscription, and the redescription of the type species of an included genus as a new species in a different genus. The present work corrects these errors by incorporating new molecular data from this group into phylogenetic analyses and examining the morphological features of the included taxa. An emended description of Hyphodiscaceae is provided, notes and descriptions of the included genera are supplied, and keys to genera and species in Hyphodiscaceae are supplied. Microscypha cajaniensis is combined in Hyphodiscus, and Scolecolachnum nigricans is a taxonomic synonym of Fuscolachnum pteridis. Future work in this family should focus on increasing phylogenetic sampling outside of Eurasia and better characterising described species to help resolve outstanding issues. Citation: Quijada L, Baral HO, Johnston PR, Pärtel K, Mitchell JK, Hosoya T, Madrid H, Kosonen T, Helleman S, Rubio E, Stöckli E, Huhtinen S, Pfister DH (2022). A review of Hyphodiscaceae. Studies in Mycology 103: 59-85. doi: 10.3114/sim.2022.103.03.

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Fungal Syst Evol ; 6: 25-37, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32904095

RESUMO

Resinicolous fungi constitute a heterogeneous assemblage of fungi that live on fresh and solidified plant resins. The genus Sarea includes, according to current knowledge, two species, S. resinae and S. difformis. In contrast to other resinicolous discomycetes, which are placed in genera also including non-resinicolous species, Sarea species only ever fruit on resin. The taxonomic classification of Sarea has proven to be difficult and currently the genus, provisionally and based only on morphological features, has been assigned to the Trapeliales (Lecanoromycetes). In contrast, molecular studies have noted a possible affinity to the Leotiomycetes. Here we review the taxonomic placement of Sarea using sequence data from seven phylogenetically informative DNA regions including ribosomal (ITS, nucSSU, mtSSU, nucLSU) and protein-coding (rpb1, rpb2, mcm7) regions. We combined available and new sequence data with sequences from major Pezizomycotina classes, especially Lecanoromycetes and Leotiomycetes, and assembled three different taxon samplings in order to place the genus Sarea within the Pezizomycotina. Based on our data, none of the applied phylogenetic approaches (Bayesian Inference, Maximum Likelihood and Maximum Parsimony) supported the placement of Sarea in the Trapeliales or any other order in the Lecanoromycetes. A placement of Sarea within the Leotiomycetes is similarly unsupported. Based on our data, Sarea forms an isolated and highly supported phylogenetic lineage within the "Leotiomyceta". From the results of our multilocus phylogenetic analyses we propose here a new class, order, and family, Sareomycetes, Sareales and Sareaceae in the Ascomycota to accommodate the genus Sarea. The genetic variability within the newly proposed class suggests that it is a larger group that requires further infrageneric classification.

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Oper Dent ; 43(3): E152-E157, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29676978

RESUMO

Diagnosis of the extent of pit-and-fissure caries has been subjective and thus difficult to teach and categorize for treatment planning. This in vitro study compares occlusal caries diagnosis of extracted posterior teeth (n=49) using three-dimensional (3D) scanned images vs visual examination, according to the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). The surfaces chosen for study represent all ICDAS classifications. Five experienced restorative faculty members examined scanned images for 60 seconds from a standardized series of views of each surface and scored them independently. One month later, the same teeth were examined visually by the same five raters with magnification and LED headlamps, with compressed air available. Intrarater and interrater agreement and validity were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). The ICCs, ranging from 0.90 to 0.93, indicated excellent agreement between and within raters and between the raters and the gold standard ICDAS determination. This suggests that both photographs and 3D scans of pits and fissures are equally effective in diagnosing caries.


Assuntos
Cárie Dentária/diagnóstico , Fissuras Dentárias/diagnóstico , Imageamento Tridimensional , Cárie Dentária/diagnóstico por imagem , Fissuras Dentárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Variações Dependentes do Observador
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J Environ Qual ; 36(3): 681-93, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17412904

RESUMO

A long-term water quality monitoring program was established to evaluate the effects of agricultural management practices on water quality in the Little Vermilion River (LVR) watershed, IL. This watershed has intensive random and irregular subsurface drainage systems. The objective of this study was to assess the fate and transport of soluble phosphorus (soluble P) through subsurface drainage and surface runoff. Four sites (sites A, B, C, and E) that had subsurface and surface monitoring programs were selected for this study. Three of the four study sites had corn (Zea mays L.) and soybeans (Glycine max L.) planted in rotations and the other site had seed corn and soybeans. Subsurface drainage and surface runoff across all sites removed an average of 16.1 and 2.6% of rainfall, respectively. Annual flow-weighted soluble P concentrations fluctuated with the precipitation, while concentrations tended to increase with high precipitation coupled with high application rates. The long-term average flow-weighted soluble P concentrations in subsurface flow were 102, 99, 194, and 86 microg L(-1) for sites A, B, C, and E, respectively. In contrast, the long-term average flow-weighted soluble P concentrations in surface runoff were 270, 253, 534, and 572 microg L(-1) for sites As, Bs, Cs, and Es, respectively. These values were substantially greater than the critical values that promote eutrophication. Statistical analysis indicated that the effects of crop, discharge, and the interactions between site and discharge and crop and discharge on soluble P concentrations in subsurface flow were significant (alpha = 0.05). Soluble P mass loads in surface runoff responded to discharge more consistently than in the subsurface flow. Subsurface flow had substantially greater annual average soluble P mass loads than surface runoff due to greater flow volume.


Assuntos
Fósforo/química , Poluentes Químicos da Água/química , Água/química , Agricultura , Ecossistema , Monitoramento Ambiental , Fertilizantes , Fenômenos Geológicos , Geologia , Illinois , Chuva , Solo/análise , Fatores de Tempo
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J Biol Chem ; 276(52): 48915-20, 2001 Dec 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11677230

RESUMO

Oxidation of methionine residues to methionine sulfoxide can lead to inactivation of proteins. Methionine sulfoxide reductase (MsrA) has been known for a long time, and its repairing function well characterized. Here we identify a new methionine sulfoxide reductase, which we referred to as MsrB, the gene of which is present in genomes of eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eucaryotes. The msrA and msrB genes exhibit no sequence similarity and, in some genomes, are fused. The Escherichia coli MsrB protein (currently predicted to be encoded by an open reading frame of unknown function named yeaA) was used for genetic, enzymatic, and mass spectrometric investigations. Our in vivo study revealed that msrB is required for cadmium resistance of E. coli, a carcinogenic compound that induces oxidative stress. Our in vitro studies, showed that (i) MsrB and MsrA enzymes reduce free methionine sulfoxide with turn-over rates of 0.6 min(-1) and 20 min(-1), respectively, (ii) MsrA and MsrB act on oxidized calmodulin, each by repairing four to six of the eight methionine sulfoxide residues initially present, and (iii) simultaneous action of both MsrA and MsrB allowed full reduction of oxidized calmodulin. A possibility is that these two ubiquitous methionine sulfoxide reductases exhibit different substrate specificity.


Assuntos
Calmodulina/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Metionina/análogos & derivados , Metionina/metabolismo , Oxirredutases/metabolismo , Animais , Cádmio/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Humanos , Metionina Sulfóxido Redutases , Oxirredução , Oxirredutases/genética , Espectroscopia de Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier
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Hosp Health Netw ; 68(11): 42, 44-6, 48, 1994 Jun 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8193651

RESUMO

In cooperation with McManis Associates, Hospitals & Health Networks recently convened a CEO summit on physician/hospital integration activities. In the third report of a three-part series on the summit, leading health care executives discuss investor capital needs, strategic information management needs, and the management competencies required for capitated managed care success.


Assuntos
Assistência Integral à Saúde/organização & administração , Convênios Hospital-Médico/organização & administração , Sistemas Multi-Institucionais/organização & administração , Sistemas Pré-Pagos de Saúde/organização & administração , Propriedade , Técnicas de Planejamento , Regionalização da Saúde , Estados Unidos
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Hosp Health Netw ; 68(10): 38, 40, 42-3, 1994 May 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8173600

RESUMO

In cooperation with McManis Associates, Hospitals & Health Networks recently convened a CEO summit on physician/hospital integration activities. The summit was designed and facilitated by the senior staff of McManis Associates. Part I, which appeared in the May 5 issue, focused on the lessons being learned by those providers on the front lines of integration. This report focuses on aligning incentives and achieving cost-effectiveness.


Assuntos
Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente/organização & administração , Convênios Hospital-Médico/organização & administração , Planos de Incentivos Médicos , Diretores de Hospitais , Relações Comunidade-Instituição , Comportamento do Consumidor , Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente/economia , Análise Custo-Benefício , Nível de Saúde , Reestruturação Hospitalar/economia , Convênios Hospital-Médico/economia , Sistemas Multi-Institucionais/economia , Sistemas Multi-Institucionais/organização & administração , Estados Unidos
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Disasters ; 9(4): 286-94, 1985 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20958611

RESUMO

Hurricane Iwa (23rd November 1982) produced Hawaii's costliest natural disaster and revealed serious flaws in the area's hurricane preparedness, response and mitigation programs. Twenty-eight months later, a follow-up study showed that impacted communities and facilities had been reconstructed with only selective and limited attention to mitigating future coastal storm hazards. Prospects for the reduction of hazard vulnerability on oceanic islands through post-disaster mitigation measures are assessed in the light of Hawaii's experience.

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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 657(2): 482-94, 1981 Feb 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7011403

RESUMO

A new form of alkaline phosphatase (orthophosphoric-monoester phosphohydrolase (alkaline optimum), EC 3.1.3.1) has been identified in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Utilizing either synthetic or natural substrates, the enzyme exhibited a broad pH activity curve with maximum activity between 8.5 and 9.0. The enzyme was nonspecific with respect to substrate, attacking a variety of compounds containing phosphomonoester linkages, but has no detectable activity against polyphosphate, pyrophosphate or phosphodiester linkages. The enzyme exhibited an apparent Km of 0.25 mM with respect to p-nitrophenyl phosphate, 0.38 mM with respect to alpha-naphthyl phosphate, and 1.0 mM with respect to 5'AMP. The enzyme is regulated in a constitutive manner and its activity does not increase during phosphate starvation or sporulation, as does the repressible alkaline phosphatase. The enzyme is tightly bound to a particulate fraction of the cell, tentatively identified as the tonoplast membrane. It is not solubilized by treatment with high concentrations of NaCl, KH2PO4 or chaotropic agents. Triton X-100 (0.1%) solubilizes 12% of the particulate activity. This enzyme is differentiated from the other alkaline phosphatases found in yeast by its chromatographic elution DEAE-cellulose, kinetic parameters, heat stability and pH stability, as well as its particulate nature. This particulate alkaline phosphatase was found in every strain examined. It has a significantly lower specific activity in the phoH mutant and a higher activity in the acid phosphatase constitutive mutant A137.


Assuntos
Fosfatase Alcalina/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimologia , Fosfatase Alcalina/isolamento & purificação , Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Temperatura Alta , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Cinética , Mutação , Fosfatos/farmacologia , Especificidade da Espécie , Esporos Fúngicos/enzimologia , Especificidade por Substrato
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Science ; 167(3918): 739-41, 1970 Jan 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17781571

RESUMO

The fine-grained surface material at the Apollo 11 landing site is a brownish, medium-gray, slightly cohesive granular soil, with bulky grains in the silt-to-fine-sand range, having a specific gravity of 3.1 and exhibiting adhesive characteristics. Within the upper few centimeters, the lunar soil has an average density of about 1.6 grams per cubic centimeter and is similar in appearance and behavior to the soils studied at the Surveyor equatorial landing sites. Althouglh considerably different in composition and in range of particle shapes, it is similar in its mechanical behavior to terrestrial soils of the same grain size distribution.

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