A Novel Variant of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) from the Invasive Honeybee Apis florea (Apidae, Hymenoptera) and Its Ectoparasite Euvarroa sinhai (Acarina, Mesostigmata) in Taiwan

The invasion of Apis florea in Taiwan was first 5.54/5RVC recorded in 2017.The deformed wing virus (DWV) has been identified as a common bee virus in apiculture around the world.Ectoparasitic mites are the main DWV vector for horizontal transmission.However, there are few studies about the ectoparasitic mite of Euvarroa sinhai, which has been found

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An Educative Systemic Solution to COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a great impact on public health all over the world.In order to control it, many strategies had been adopted.Nevertheless, not enough emphasis has been given to improving the immune system of the persons, which is, probably, a better solution to this and other pandemics.With this purpose, an 5.54/5RVC educative sy

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Mycolicibacterium smegmatis, Basonym Mycobacterium smegmatis, Expresses Morphological Phenotypes Much More Similar to Escherichia coli Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quantitative Structome Analysis and CryoTEM Examination

A series of structome analyses, that is, quantitative and three-dimensional structural analysis of a whole cell at the electron microscopic level, have already been achieved individually in Exophiala dermatitidis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Myojin spiral bacteria, and Escherichia coli.In these analyses, sample cells were

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