Characteristics of the world dairy products market: aspects of interest for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Diversidade de cianobacterérias nas áreas da lagoa d Casamento e dos Butiazais de Tapes e seus ecossistemas associados (RS, Brasil)

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia - IBILCE

Summary of resolutions recently adopted by CDCC and resolutions of ECLAC and other organs of the United Nations which might be of special interest to member countries of ECLAC/CDCC

This paper brings to the attention of member countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) resolutions adopted by past sessions of the Committee, since 2000, and the process of their implementation. Resolutions 55 to 66 for the period 2000- 2006 have been extracted from the reports of the eighteenth to twenty first sessions of the CDCC Also included for the information of member countries are selected resolutions recently adopted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and other organs of the United Nations. These resolutions greatly influence the preparation of the programme of work and are expected guide the day-to-day functioning of the secretariat. It is a great source of information for delegations, given the perceived special relevance of the resolutions to the membership of the CDCC. The resolutions listed in this document are pertinent to all subprogrammes of ECLAC and indeed the CDCC subprogramme 12 of ECLAC. However, the content of these resolutions either marked no real advance on the outcomes of the corresponding conferences that were held within recent times or were cast in a globally relevant context that did not address specific concerns of Caribbean countries to any significant extent.

Taxonomic review of Scinax fuscomarginatus (Lutz, 1925) and related species (Anura : Hylidae)

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Resolutions adopted at the Thirty-Sixth Session of ECLAC which are of interest for the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

Resolution 700(XXXVI) Mexico resolution on the establishment of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development .-- Resolution of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on the establishment of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development .-- Resolution 702(XXXVI) Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Resolution 712(XXXVI) Regional integration of statistical and geospatial information.

Taxonomic implications of molecular studies on Northern Brazilian Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) specimens

The current taxonomy of the Teredinidae (shipworms) is wholly based on morphology and up to now no molecular studies of the phylogeny of this group have been published. In the present study the relationships between four genera of the subfamilies Teredininae and Bankiinae were established and the efficiency of the 16S rRNA gene in characterizing four Teredinidae species was tested. Phylogenetic trees support the grouping of Bankia fimbriatula with Nausitora fusticula and of Neoteredo reynei with Psiloteredo healdi, but the genetic distances do not justify the classification of these species into two distinct subfamilies. The results show that B. fimbriatula, N. reynei and P. healdi specimens from the coast of the Brazilian state of Pará have five distinct 16S rRNA haplotypes, with one N. reynei haplotype differing from the other haplotypes in respect to at least seven sequences sites, indicating the existence of two very distinct sympatric lineages.

Diversity and three-dimensional structures of the alpha Mcr of the methanogenic Archaea from the anoxic region of Tucuruí Lake, in Eastern Brazilian Amazonia

ABSTRACT: Methanogenic archaeans are organisms of considerable ecological and biotechnological interest that produce methane through a restricted metabolic pathway, which culminates in the reaction catalyzed by the Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) enzyme, and results in the release of methane. Using a metagenomic approach, the gene of the a subunit of mcr (mcrα) was isolated from sediment sample from an anoxic zone, rich in decomposing organic material, obtained from the Tucuruí hydroelectric dam reservoir in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The partial nucleotide sequences obtained were 83 to 95% similar to those available in databases, indicating a low diversity of archaeans in the reservoir. Two orders were identified -the Methanomicrobiales, and a unique Operational Taxonomic Unit (OTU) forming a clade with the Methanosarcinales according to low bootstrap values. Homology modeling was used to determine the three-dimensional (3D) structures, for this the partial nucleotide sequence of the mcrα were isolated and translated on their partial amino acid sequences. The 3D structures of the archaean mcrα observed in the present study varied little, and presented approximately 70% identity in comparison with the mcrα of Methanopyrus klanderi. The results demonstrated that the community of methanogenic archaeans of the anoxic C1 region of the Tucurui reservoir is relatively homogeneous.

A composição e a distribuição da ictiofauna de interesse ornamental no estado do Pará

A ictiofauna de interesse ornamental do estado do Pará foi estudada com enfoque na sua composição e distribuição nas regiões hidrográficas paraense. Revelou através do inventário de espécies divida em: Loricariidae (329), seguida pelas Characidae (139), Cichlidae (133), Callichthyidae (51), Lebiasinidae e Auchenipteridae (22), Pimelodidae (21), otamotrygonidae e Doradidae (19), Anostomidae e Rivulidae (16) e Crenuchidae e Poeciliidae (10). Registraram-se ainda casos de família com menos de 10 spp, tendo sido registradas uma riqueza de 928 espécies, pertencentes a 271 gêneros e distribuídas em 47 famílias e 14 ordens. Das espécies registradas, 595 espécies apresentaram identificações taxonômicas e registros nos diferentes bancos de dados, enquanto 333 espécies foram identificadas com “status” taxonômico ainda indefinido. Mesmo com o registro de 270 gêneros distintos, ressalta-se a riqueza muito elevada concentrada em 12 gêneros com números acima de 15 espécies: Loricariidae com os gêneros Ancistrus (44, 4,74%), Hypancistrus (24, 2,59%), Hypostomus (24, 2,59%), Baryancistrus (23, 2,48%), Pseudacanthicus (22, 2,37%) e Peckoltia (30, 3,23%); Callichthyidae com gênero Corydoras (44, 4,74%); Cichlidae com os gêneros Crenicichla (44, 4,74%) e Apistogramma (24, 2,59%); Characidae com os gêneros Moenkhausia (20, 2,16%) e Hyphessobrycon (18, 1,94%) e otamotrygonidae com gênero Potamotrygon (16, 1,72%). Assim, definem-se como grupos de maior diversificação os pequenos e médios acaris, “corredoras”, acarás e jacundás, tetras e arraias. Mesmo espécies ameaçadas, sejam vulneráveis ou mesmo as criticamente em perigo, ainda são comercilizadas clandestinamente no estado. Discussões sobre listas de espécies encontradas e permitidas e uma comparação da ictiofauna das regiões hidrográficas do estado do Pará são apresentadas.

Mecanismos de ação da própolis na modulação de danos quimicamente induzidos no DNA

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DNA barcode of Parodontidae species from the La Plata river basin - applying new data to clarify taxonomic problems

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Molecular phylogeny resolves a taxonomic misunderstanding and places Geisleria close to Absconditella s. str. (Ostropales: Stictidaceae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Control of microorganisms of oral health interest with Arctium lappa L. (burdock) extract non-cytotoxic to cell culture of macrophages (RAW 264.7)

Objectives: To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Arctium lappa L. extract on Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Streptococcus mutans, Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata. In addition, the cytotoxicity of this extract was analyzed on macrophages (RAW 264.7).Design: By broth microdilution method, different concentrations of the extract (250-0.4 mg/mL) were used in order to determine the minimum microbicidal concentration (MMC) in planktonic cultures and the most effective concentration was used on biofilms on discs made of acrylic resin. The cytotoxicity A. lappa L. extract MMC was evaluated on RAW 264.7 by MTT assay and the quantification of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha by ELISA.Results: The most effective concentration was 250 mg/mL and also promoted significant reduction (log(10)) in the biofilms of S. aureus (0.438 +/- 0.269), S. epiderrnidis (0.377 +/- 0.298), S. mutans (0.244 +/- 0.161) and C. albicans (0.746 +/- 0.209). Cell viability was similar to 100%. The production of IL-beta was similar to the control group (p > 0.05) and there was inhibition of TNF-alpha (p < 0.01).Conclusions: A. lappa L. extract was microbicidal for all the evaluated strains in planktonic cultures, microbiostatic for biofilms and not cytotoxic to the macrophages. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The first molecular phylogeny of Chilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) reveals cryptic biodiversity and taxonomic uncertainty

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