(a.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
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Sphagnum
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(n.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
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(1) While environmental samples of moss from the Wisconsin supplier were negative, Sporothrix schenckii was cultured from multiple samples of the sphagnum moss obtained from one of six Pennsylvania tree nurseries, representing the nursery that was identified as the source for 79 (94%) of the moss-associated cases.
(2) Furthermore, pathogenic M. simiae was found in sphagnum vegetation of Madagascar, first time isolated in the environment until now.
(3) For the microbial growth well predisponated hyaline cells with their porous cell wall and hollow spaces possess probably a mechanism, which is effective against microbial contamination of the productive head region of Sphagnum vegetation.
(4) A 42-year-old female acquired an acute respiratory infection one week after working in a sphagnum moss packing plant.
(5) Intact sphagnum vegetation from moors in south Sweden and coastal areas of west Norway contained cultivable mycobacteria in 32% and 30% of the specimens, respectively.
(6) Besides the habitat-specific mycobacterial species in sphagnum vegetation, like M. sphagni, M. gordonae and M. madagascariense, potentially pathogenic species, like M. avium, M. scrofulaceum and M. xenopi and M. marinum, were found.
(7) crop soils), poorly humified samples (Sphagnum peat, O-horizon from woodland), or a clay mineral was employed.
(8) After the inoculation in the head region of sphagnum moss vegetation (Sph.
(9) Field collected specimens were found to be best transported in styrofoam containers lined with wet filter paper or containing natural substrate and vegetation instead of Sphagnum moss.
(10) The source of contamination of the sphagnum moss that caused this epidemic and sphagnum moss associated with similar epidemics is unknown.
(11) The possibility of M. leprae surviving in sphagnum vegetation was assessed by inoculation of clinically derived M. leprae into the grey layer of the sphagnum.
(12) Sporothrix schenckii was cultured from the implicated batch of sphagnum moss but not from other batches.
(13) For cultivation of Aedes togoi the aquatic infusion of fallen leaves, peat and dry sphagnum (0.15%S) was used and a larval diet (children's haematogen with an addition of polyvitamin "Undevit" and glutamic acid) was offered.
(14) CP grow best in three parts sphagnum moss peat to one part perlite, although the CPS is trialling peat-free mixes using coir.
(15) All cases were associated with Wisconsin-grown sphagnum moss.
(16) A biomonitoring study was made of the atmospheric deposition of arsenic and selenium across northern Canada utilizing Sphagnum fuscum moss.
(17) Six soils, two Sphagnum peat samples and a clay mineral were irradiated with 40 and 80 kGy (4 and 8 Mrad) from a 60Co source.
(18) reach the mycobacteria the hyaline cells of Sphagnum (Fig.
(19) The trace element concentrations varied among trophic groups of fungi: saprophytic species (S) and those parasitic on Sphagnum (Sph) exhibited the highest concentrations, while wood-decomposing (Wd) species displayed the lowest.
(20) An examination of 18 sphagnum samples collected in two different biotopes of the coastal region of southeastern Madagascar revealed an unexpectedly high positivity for mycobacteria (83.3%).