Given the fact that until recently the myxomycetes were an understudied group in Central America, it is not surprising that the number of new records for most countries is currently increasing at a steady pace. This is ...

Defining demographically independent units and understanding gene flow between them is essential for managing and conserving exploited populations. The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is a coastal semi-oceanic ...

We describe and illustrate a new species of Prosthechea from Costa Rica. The species is similar to Prosthechea ionocentra, but it is easily distinguishable by its inflorescence originating from the penultimate mature ...

The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...

The marine biota of Cocos Island is well known; however, the terrestrial biota is poorly understood. In an effort to document the myxomycetes of the island and to determine their ecological distribution along an elevation ...

Phalaenopsis mariae Burb. ex Warn. & B.S.Wms., Orchid Album 2: t. 80, sub t. 87. 1883. Polychilos mariae (Burb. ex Warn. & B.S.Wms.) Shim, Malayan Nat. Journ. 36: 25. 1982. TYPE: The Philippines. Sulu Island [actually ...

Clostridioides difficile es el principal agente causal de diarrea nosocomial. Esta bacteria se diferencia bajo ciertas condiciones adversas en endosporas, las cuales son difíciles de controlar debido a su alta resistencia ...

Gliricidia is a small genus of flowering plants in the Fabaceae family. Gliricidia sepium is a multipurpose tree native to Mesoamerica and possibly northern South America. The chemical composition of the hydrodistilled ...