The cabbage flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae) was introduced into the United States from Europe
during the 1920's and 1930's. It was described as a new species,
P. columbiana, native to North America by F. H. Chittenden in 1927.
This synonymic situation was discovered in 1953 after P. cruciferae...
Washed cells of Vibrio marinus MP-1 grown at 15 C (organism's
optimum growth temperature) were employed in this study. These
cells were exposed to heat at and above their maximal growth temperature
(20 C) for one hour and tested manometrically at 15 C for their
ability to take up oxygen....
In recent years, studies dealing with temperature regulation,
temperature sensitivity, and physiological responses to temperature
in lizards and other reptiles have increased tremendously. It is
notable that snakes have been largely ignored in such studies. This
no doubt is due to their less direct relationship to ancestral endotherms.
However, problems...
Temporal variations in individual spectrum lines
emitted by a microwave discharge in pure helium are
investigated: The discharge is produced in a quartz tube
located inside of a section of waveguide which carries
pulsed 3 centimeter microwaves. The helium used is purified by a three-fold process consisting of treatment with...