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Highly restricted expression at the ectoderm–endoderm boundary of PIHbox 9, a sea urchin homeobox gene related to the human HB9 gene

1998

Abstract Characterisation of a sea urchin (P. lividus) homeobox gene PIHbox 9 is reported. The homeodomain of PIHbox9 is 95% identical to the homeodomain of the human HB9 gene, indicating that the two genes are highly related. Temporal expression analysis during sea urchin embryogenesis showed an absence of transcripts at early cleavage stages. At late gastrula stage, transcripts were barely detectable and reached the highest abundance at prism/early pluteus stages. By whole mount in situ hybridisation we observed a highly restricted expression in a few cells of the ectoderm–endoderm boundary of embryos at the prism stage. At pluteus stages, expression of PIHbox 9 was confined around the an…

Green Extraction Strategies for Sea Urchin Waste Valorization

2021

Commonly known as “purple sea urchin,” Paracentrotus lividus occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. This species is a highly appreciated food resource and Italy is the main consumer among the European countries. Gonads are the edible part of the animal but they represent only a small fraction (10–30%) of the entire sea urchin mass, therefore, the majority ends up as waste. Recently, an innovative methodology was successfully developed to obtain high-value collagen from sea urchin by-products to be used for tissue engineering. However, tissues used for the collagen extraction are still a small portion of the sea urchin waste (<20%) and the remaining part, main…

Optimizing the H3PO4 leaching conditions of post-precipitated sewage sludge using response surface methodology

2018

The leaching procedure of post-precipitated aluminium phosphate sludge with dilute phosphoric acid was developed. The leaching offers a route to recover both critical phosphorous from sewage sludge and the metal used in precipitation. Using phosphoric acid as leaching solution makes it possible to continue the recovery process without the need to remove chloride or sulfate anions. The optimization of the leaching was based on experimental three-level-four-variable central composite face-centered design. The four variables included were acid concentration, volume of acid, temperature and time of leaching. The leaching was conducted for dewatered and water-containing sludge (total solid conte…

Tietue 2011/3

2011

Bioflocculation of Euglena gracilis via direct application of fungal filaments: a rapid harvesting method

2021

Funding Information: Special thanks to the US Agricultural Research Service for the provision of fungal strains. Thanks also to Dr Marilyn Wiebe (Technical Research Centre of Finland) for her expert advice on fungi and Johanna Oja for her technical help. This research was enabled by funding from The Land and Water Technology Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, and The Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). The high cost and environmental impact of traditional microalgal harvesting methods limit commercialization of microalgal biomass. Fungal bioflocculation of microalgae is a promising low-cost, eco-friendly method but the range of …

Angular roughshark Oxynotus centrina (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae) in captivity feeding exclusively on elasmobranch eggs: an overlooked feeding niche or…

2015

A specimen of angular roughshark Oxynotus centrina has been kept successfully in captivity for the first time. Over a period of 24 months, the specimen preyed exclusively on the contents of elasmobranch egg cases, suggesting a specialized trophic niche.

The proanthocyanidin content as a tool to differentiate between Lotus tenuis and L. corniculatus individuals

2012

Abstract Lotus tenuis Wald et Kit and Lotus corniculatus L. are conspicuous elements of the agricultural landscape for cattle production. In South America, commercial L. tenuis stocks usually present contaminations with L. corniculatus, what brings about an important economical injure to the forage producers. A way to reduce or avoid loses is to assess the purity degree of L. tenuis seed lots before seeding. Methods so far described for the diagnosis of Lotus species when flowers are not available are lengthy, time consuming, need the implementation of sophisticated laboratories and are relatively expensive. It has been shown that Lotus species accumulate variable proanthocyanidins amounts,…

Pleurotus eryngii var. thapsiae var. nov. from Sicily

2002

Field investigation in the Sicilian territory allowed the study of Pleurotus eryngii basidiomata growing in association with Thapsia garganica. The evaluation of morphological, ecological, distribution and isozyme, and PCR-RAPD data together with a revision of Bresadola's herbarium specimens kept in the Herbarium Botanische Staatssamlung (M) led to the description of a new variety, Pleurotus eryngii var. tahpsiae var. nov.

ANALISI FUNZIONALE DI GENI REGOLATORI DELLO SVILUPPO EMBRIONALE DI PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS

2012

Parole chiave: TRIM, E3-ubiquitina ligasi, ectoderma orale, scheletogenesi, riccio di mare. La recente acquisizione di consistenti dati genomici ha confermato che organismi bilateri, semplici come i nematodi o complessi come l’uomo, fanno uso degli stessi strumenti di base, quali fattori di trascrizione e molecole segnale, per decodificare le informazioni necessarie allo sviluppo embrionale. Nel contesto di tali regolatori, la famiglia di proteine TRIM/RBCC (Tripartite motif/RING-Bbox-Coiled coil) rappresenta una delle principali classi di E3 ubiquitina ligasi putative, che svolgono ruoli essenziali nella regolazione di processi quali ciclo cellulare e sviluppo embrionale. Nel genoma di ric…

Stepes strupastu galvas smadzeņu, galvaskausu un apakšžokļu morfometriskā mainība guentheri grupā (Arvicolinae, Sumeriomys apakšģints) ģeogrāfiskās i…

2021

Šī darba mērķis ir galvas smadzeņu, galvaskausu un apakšžokļu diverģences izpēte pēc to ģeometriskās formas, pieciem strupastu “guentheri” grupas taksoniem ar ģeometriskās morfometrijas metodes izmantošanu. Papildus bija veikta smadzeņu lineārā morfometrija. Iegūtie dati rāda, ka dzimuma faktors neietekmē izpētīto taksonu galvas smadzeņu, galvaskausu un apakšžokļu formu, kā arī galvas smadzeņu lineāros parametrus. Starp divām sugām tiek atzīmētas ievērojamas atšķirības pēc galvas smadzeņu formas (puslodes, smadzenītes un ožas sīpoli) un lineārajiem parametriem (smadzeņu augstums, platums un garums). Atšķirības tiek parādītas arī galvaskausa un apakšžokļu formā. Katram taksonam ir savas īpaš…