(n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Example Sentences:
(1) This proposal was tested with three species of malarial parasites of lizards, Plasmodium mexicanum of the western fence lizard, and P. agamae and P. giganteum of the African rainbow lizard, using single samples from naturally infected lizards, repeated samples from free-ranging lizards (P. mexicanum only), and repeated samples from laboratory maintained animals.
(2) Rainbow lizzards (Agama agama), very common in these regions, can thus easily gain access to wells and reservoirs and pollute the groundwater.
(3) with Leishmania tropica major from man and L. gimnodactyli from Agama sanguinolenta was carried out in order to obtain mixed infection.
(4) In order to ascertain the cause of drinking water infections, 37 Agamae were cought, immediately killed and the bowel contents examined.
(5) Much more of the Chamaeleo muscle consisted of tonic muscle fibers, and the Chamaeleo muscle, compared to Agama muscle, showed physiological evidence of having a significant amount of tonic fibers (potassium contracture and high tetanus to twitch ratios).
(6) While 2 isolates were non-typable, the other 25 strains belonged to 6 serotypes: Salmonella weltevreden (8 strains), Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella hvittingfos, Salmonella saintpaul, and Salmonella agama.
(7) Agama agama is unusual in having a few long-ciliated hair cells at the apical end of the apical short-ciliated segment.
(8) The data are less complete for A. agama, but infected lizards suffered similar haematological and physiological effects.
(9) The maximum speed of tetanic contraction of unloaded Chamaeleo muscle was half as fast as that of Agama muscle (2.5 vs. 5.8 resting lengths per second).
(10) LizS from a Mongolian gecko and L. hoogstrali from a Sudanese gecko showed some sequence similarities to the L. tarentolae strains, but the leishmanias said to be L. adleri from a Kenyan lacertid and L. agamae from an Israeli agamid showed no minicircle sequence similarities with lizard Leishmania and in fact were probably the same species.
(11) These malaria species vary greatly in their reproductive characteristics: P. agamae produces only 8 merozoites per schizont, P. giganteum yields over 100, and P. mexicanum an intermediate number.
(12) Agama agama demonstrated a significant increase in MSBT on both day 1 and day 2 of bacteria injection with increases of 2.7 and 2.3 degrees C, respectively.
(13) The Leishmania include L. braziliensis, L. peruviana, L. mexicana, L. tropica, L. donovani, L. chagasi, L. enriettii, L. hertigi, L. hoogstraali, L. adleri, and L. agamae.
(14) The thermoregulatory sequence differs little between the two species although Agama mutabilis lacks a burrow and is probably more resistant to elevated body temperatures.
(15) Only two of the eight lizard species were infected: the skink Mabuya striata and the agamid Agama agama.
(16) Another agamid lizard, Agama agama, studied by nonserial section only, also lacked efferent innervation to the UHC.
(17) Amastigotes of 2 Leishmania species are reported from the Pakistani lizards Teratoscincus scincus (Gekkonidae) and Agama agilis (Agamidae) collected in western Baluchistan and north-central Sind, respectively.
(18) Our results show that Leishmania species restricted to high-temperature host (Agama) is capable to synthesize its proteins at extreme temperatures (38, 40 degrees C) with greater intensity.
(19) The immunochemical relationships of the serum proteins of Uromastix acanthinurus, Agama mutabilis, Oplurus cuvieri, O. quadrimaculatus, Chamaeleo chamaeleon, Chalcides ocellatus and Lacerta lepida were studied by means of immunoelectrophoresis with an antiserum anti-Uromastix successively absorbed.
(20) The major lipid classes in O. agamae include triglycerides, cholesterol, phosphatidyl choline, and phosphatidyl ethanolamine.
Agami
Definition:
(n.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twenty-two were located in El Agamy, a resort town of 50,000 residents located 15 km west of the City of Alexandria.
(2) "Is it unimaginable that those who plotted, participated or played any role in the massacre of Luxor, become the rulers even if they renounced and repented it," said Tharwat Agamy, the head of Luxor's tourism chamber.
(3) Blood meals from 602 Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and 49 Phlebotomus langeroni Nitzulescu were collected in El Agamy, Egypt, and were identified using counterimmunoelectrophoresis.
(4) In a focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis in Al Agamy (Alexandria), Egypt, adults were found by radioimmune assay to have leishmanial antibodies.
(5) The isolation and identification of L. infantum MON-98 from naturally infected P. langeroni confirms that this species of sand fly is the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in El Agamy.
(6) To describe the disease focus, eight areas of 100-200 households in El Agamy were mapped and censused.
(7) Leishmania infantum zymodeme MON-98 was isolated in El Agamy, Egypt.
(8) Both P. papatasi and P. langeroni feed predominantly on humans in El Agamy, Egypt.
(9) Visceral leishmaniasis has been reported in El Agamy, Alexandria.
(10) A prolonged search for the breeding habitats of Phlebotomus sand flies in El Agamy, resulted in the collection of 105 newly emerged P. papatasi and P. langeroni.
(11) The documented feeding on humans and dogs by P. langeroni supports the role of this species as the primary vector of visceral leishmaniasis at the El Agamy focus.
(12) The extrinsic development of Leishmania infantum was observed in Phlebotomus langeroni the potential vector of visceral leishmaniasis in El-Agamy, Egypt.