Guillain-Barré syndrome outbreak in Tapachula temporally associated with the Zika virus introduction in Southern Mexico.

The Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been previously associated with Zika virus infection. We analysed the data from all the patients with GBS diagnosis that were admitted to a referral hospital, in Tapachula City during the period from January 2013 to August 2016, comparing the incidence of GBS according to the temporality of the Zika outbreak in Southern Mexico. Additionally, we described the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the GBS patients admitted before or after the Zika outbreak.

A Tripartite Interaction among the Basidiomycete , N-Fixing Endobacteria, and Rice Improves Plant Nitrogen Nutrition.

Nitrogen (N) limits crop yield, and improvement of N nutrition remains a key goal for crop research; one approach to improve N nutrition is identifying plant-interacting, N-fixing microbes. JGTA-S1 is a basidiomycetous yeast endophyte of narrowleaf cattail (). JGTA-S1 could not convert nitrate or nitrite to ammonium but harbors diazotrophic (N-fixing) endobacteria () that allow JGTA-S1 to fix N and grow in a N-free environment; moreover, dinitrogen reductase was transcribed in JGTA-S1 even under adequate N.

Glutamate dehydrogenase is essential in the acclimation of Virgilia divaricata, a legume indigenous to the nutrient-poor Mediterranean-type ecosystems of the Cape Fynbos.

Glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD(H)- GDH, EC 1.4.1.

Photosynthetic metabolism during phosphate limitation in a legume from the Mediterranean-type Fynbos ecosystem.

Phosphorus (P) is an essential mineral, required for crucial plant genetic, metabolic and signaling functions. Under P deficiency, normal physiological function can be disrupted, especially photosynthetic metabolism. The majority of photosynthetic studies of P stress has been on model organisms, and very little is known about plants that evolved on P deficient soils.