PROGRESS IN THE CORRELATIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY


Insight into population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the multiethnic province of Alborz, Iran

Background and Objectives: Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from tuberculosis patients in the multiethnic province of Alborz, Iran was assessed.Materials and Methods: A total of 17 isolates in the period of 2012-2013 were collected and subjected to a Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA

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Considerations on the programmed functional life (one generation) of a green artificial reef in terms of the sustainability of the modified ecosystem

The installation of artificial reefs serves to enhance marine ecosystems, although it also modifies them.These changes do not have to be irreversible, since it is possible to treat the functional life of an artificial reef (AR) as a variable factor to be determined, with the objective of contributing to the sustainability of the ecosystem.The quest

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