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From avma.org

Mexico screwworm case triggers US emergency response

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U.S. veterinarians along the U.S.-Mexico border are being encouraged to look for signs of possible New World screwworm infestation in their patients after the flesh-eating larvae was discovered in a cow in southern Mexico.

#USA #cuba #mexico #america #diseases #parasites #screwworm

21h ago

From biomedcentral.com

Reduced plastid genomes of colorless facultative pathogens Prototheca (Chlorophyta) are retained for membrane transport genes - BMC Biology

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Background Plastids are usually involved in photosynthesis, but the secondary loss of this function is a widespread phenomenon in various lineages of algae and plants. In addition to the loss of genes associated with photosynthesis, the plastid genomes of colorless algae are frequently reduced...

#algae #biology #genomes #insects #genomics #microbes #plastids #protists #chlorella #evolution

10h ago