Impregnação tuberculosa em menores de quatorze anos, detectada pela prova tuberculínica, em duas áreas do município de São Paulo

The tuberculin test with PPD Rt-23 in children under 14 years old, in two areas of São Paulo city was studied. From 1960 to 1969, in the Tuberculosis Ambulatory of the School of Public Health of S. Paulo, 18,129 persons were examined, and from 1966 to 1969 in the Tuberculosis Ambulatory of the "Associação dos Sanatórios Populares "Campos do Jordão" 38,436 persons were examined. In both communities the same method and direction were used. The percentage of positive reactors was lower than 10.6 in the persons examined.Os autores estudaram as reações ao teste tuberculínico com PPD Rt-23, nos menores de 14 anos de dois bairros do município de São Paulo. No Dispensário da Faculdade de Saúde Pública foram examinadas 18.129 pessoas, no período de 1960 a 1969 e, no Dispensário da Associação dos Sanatórios Populares "Campos do Jordão" 38.436 pessoas, no período de 1966 a 1969, usando-se a mesma técnica e orientação. A porcentagem de reações positivas manteve-se inferior a 10,6%, nas pessoas examinadas

Reação de clones de seringueira a vários isolados de Microcyclus ulei

The reactions of 33 clones of Hevea to various M. ulei isolates collected from rubber plantations in different regions of Brazil were studied. Isolates were inoculated with a concentration of 2 x 105 conidia/ml with 70% - 80% of germination rate. The subculturing was made with a 12-day old culture macerated in distilled sterilized water. The reaction presented by clones of Hevea spp varied with isolates and with clones. Most of the clones showed complete resistance to some of the isolates, but the same clones were susceptible or highly susceptible to the others. Some clones showed complete resistance and varying levels of incomplete resistance. It was verified that both the latent period and the diameter of lesions may be related to rubber tree resistance to M. ulei, but these two parameters are not sufficient to explain this resistance. The association of various resistance components is needed. Among these components, the "sporulation on the lesions" is the most important. The incubation period and number of lesions are not good parameters for analyzing the rubber tree resistance to M. ulei. Estudou-se a reação de 33 clones de seringueira à infecção por vários isolados de Microcyclus ulei, provenientes de várias regiões heveícolas do Brasil. As inoculações foram feitas em condições climáticas controladas, utilizando-se 2 x 105 conídios/ml com 70% a 80% de germinação, provenientes de culturas com doze dias de idade. As reações apresentadas pelos clones variaram com os isolados. Os clones, em sua maioria, apresentaram resistência completa a determinados isolados e foram suscetíveis ou altamente suscetíveis a outros. Alguns clones apresentaram resistência completa a alguns isolados e incompleta a outros, mas em níveis variados. Verificou-se que o período latente e o diâmetro médio das lesões podem estar relacionados com a resistência dos clones de seringueira ao M. ulei, mas somente estes parâmetros não explicam essa resistência, sendo necessária a associação de vários componentes, dentre os quais o mais importante é a esporulação do tecido infectado. O período de incubação e o número de lesões não são bons parâmetros para análise da resistência da seringueira ao M. ulei

Electron microprobe chemical U-Th-Pb and La-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of multiple hydrothermal and metamorphic events recorded in minerals of the Lagoa Real uraniferous albitites (Brazil)

Os albititos uraníferos de Lagoa Real são rochas que passaram por várias modificações após a formação. A datação química U-Th-Pb por microssonda eletrônica e datação U-Pb por LAICP-MS dos minerais dos albititos revelaram cristalização e metamorfismo isoquímico do protólito (sienitos sódicos portadores de U) em cerca de 2,0-1,9 Ga durante as fases finais do evento orogênico Orosiriano, quando a primeira geração de uraninitas foi formada. Mobilizações múltiplas de urânio e chumbo promovidas por pelo menos cinco eventos hidrotermais (1,7 Ga, 1,5 Ga, 1,3 Ga, 1,1 Ga e 1,0 Ga) foram detectadas nos albititos. A provável formação de um segundo grupo de uraninitas e/ou o reajuste do relógio U-Pb das uraninitas mais antigas durante o evento orogênico Brasiliano (0,5 Ga) também ocorreram.Lagoa Real uraniferous albitites are rocks which went through multiple modifications after formation. Electron microprobe chemical U-Th-Pb and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of minerals of albitites reveal protolith (U-bearing sodic syenites) crystallization and isochemical metamorphism at ca. 2.0-1.9 Ga during the final stages of the Orosirian orogenic event, when the first generation of uraninites was formed. Multiple uranium and lead mobilization promoted by at least five hydrothermal events (ca. 1.7 Ga, ca. 1.5 Ga, ca. 1.3 Ga, ca. 1.1 Ga, and ca. 1.0 Ga) was detected in the albitites. A probable formation of a second uraninite group and/or resetting of UPb clock of older uraninites during the Brasiliano orogenic event at ca. 0.5 Ga also took place

Relationships between body growth indices and environmental factors on the reproductive cycle of the Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in Northeast Brazil

In this study, we analyzed the energy and reproductive cycles of female and male Gymnodactylus geckoides in the Caatinga area of northeast Brazil. We investigated whether these proxies of body condition, such as reproductive cells maturation and cellular structures changed in response to variation in abiotic and biotic factors (i.e., humidity, temperature, seasonality, body temperature, growing rate and gonad volume), using individuals stored under scientific conditions collected between September 2018 and December 2021. The condition factor showed an isometric growth pattern in the population studied. Meanwhile, the lipid, hepatic, and gonad factors correlated with body growth and showed monthly and seasonal variations, as well as reproductive cell maturation and cellular structure morphology. The cycles displayed constant replacement of energy reserves and mature reproductive cells, indicating constant and acyclic reproduction in G. geckoides. Energy reserves appear to be used for many reproductive activities, including meeting, gestation, and egg laying that occur at different frequencies during different periods in the dry and rainy seasons. Therefore, the reproductive cycle is likely to be strongly controlled by biotic factors, which are modeled using abiotic factors and environmental conditions (environmental patterns which proportionate greater resource availability). Our study is the first to investigate energy cycles and reproductive strategies in G. geckoides. It has shown that this species stores greater amounts of energy during the rainy season and then depletes these reserves during the dry period, since the rainy season correspond to the increase in energy consumption, mainly because of gestation and egg laying.Asociación Herpetológica Argentin

Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Strain SmR1, a Specialized Diazotrophic Endophyte of Tropical Grasses

The molecular mechanisms of plant recognition, colonization, and nutrient exchange between diazotrophic endophytes and plants are scarcely known. Herbaspirillum seropedicae is an endophytic bacterium capable of colonizing intercellular spaces of grasses such as rice and sugar cane. The genome of H. seropedicae strain SmR1 was sequenced and annotated by The Paraná State Genome Programme—GENOPAR. The genome is composed of a circular chromosome of 5,513,887 bp and contains a total of 4,804 genes. The genome sequence revealed that H. seropedicae is a highly versatile microorganism with capacity to metabolize a wide range of carbon and nitrogen sources and with possession of four distinct terminal oxidases. The genome contains a multitude of protein secretion systems, including type I, type II, type III, type V, and type VI secretion systems, and type IV pili, suggesting a high potential to interact with host plants. H. seropedicae is able to synthesize indole acetic acid as reflected by the four IAA biosynthetic pathways present. A gene coding for ACC deaminase, which may be involved in modulating the associated plant ethylene-signaling pathway, is also present. Genes for hemagglutinins/hemolysins/adhesins were found and may play a role in plant cell surface adhesion. These features may endow H. seropedicae with the ability to establish an endophytic life-style in a large number of plant species