Genomic Analysis of a Highly Virulent NDM-1-Producing Escherichia coli ST162 Infecting a Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) in South America. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales are rapidly spreading and adapting to different environments beyond hospital settings. During COVID-19 lockdown, a carbapenem-resistant NDM-1-positive Escherichia coli isolate (BA01 strain) was recovered from a ...
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Primeros registros de cachalotes, Physeter macrocephalus y Kogia sima, en aguas caribeñas de la República Dominicana [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012 Este trabajo constituye el primer reporte de cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) y cachalote enano (Kogia sima) para el área Bayahibe en República Dominicana.
Laura Vázquez Castán +4 more
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Anisakid parasite diversity in a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae) stranded at the edge of its distribution range in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. [PDF]
ParasiteAnisakid nematodes are a globally distributed group of marine mammal parasites. Kogiid whales, including the pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps, host an assemblage of specific anisakid species.
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Pathology and Cause of Death in Stranded Kogiids: A Retrospective Study from the Canary Islands (1999–2018) [PDF]
Animals (Basel)The scientific understanding of cetacean pathology has advanced significantly in recent decades. However, data concerning the health status of members of the family Kogiidae remains scarce.
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 1999 A partial skull of an odontocete cetacean from Middle Pliocene sediments of Monte Voltraio (Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy) is examined. This fossil, erroneously referred to the family Ziphiidae and described in the past as holotype of the species ...
GIOVANNI BIANUCCI, WALTER LANDINI
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Organisation and evolution of the major histocompatibility complex class I genes in cetaceans. [PDF]
iScienceSummary: A quarter of marine mammals are at risk of extinction, with disease and poor habitat quality contributing to population decline. Investigation of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) provides insight into species’ capacity to respond to ...
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Microplastics Prevalence in Different Cetaceans Stranded along the Western Taiwan Strait. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Microplastics (MPs) pollution is of global concern, which poses serious threats to various marine organisms, including many threatened apex predators.
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Survey of selected viral agents (herpesvirus, adenovirus and hepatitis E virus) in liver and lung samples of cetaceans, Brazil. [PDF]
Sci RepHepatic and pulmonary lesions are common in cetaceans, despite their poorly understood viral etiology. Herpesviruses (HV), adenoviruses (AdV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are emerging agents in cetaceans, associated with liver and/or pulmonary damage in ...
Sacristán C +18 more
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Pygmy sperm whale multi-omics data reveal hypoxia adaptations in deep-diving cetaceans. [PDF]
BMC BiolBackground Deep-diving cetaceans tolerate acute hypoxia better than their terrestrial ancestors and shallow-diving counterparts. However, our poor understanding of how genetic factors, cellular functions, and physiological characteristics combine to ...
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