Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Military Personnel: A Case Report.

Unlabelled: Cauda equina syndrome is a rare but severe neuro-spinal disorder commonly caused due to lumbar disc herniation, which occurs mostly at lower levels of L4-S1. We report a case of 38-year-old male soldier deployed on a foreign mission who presented to a level 1 military hospital 4 months back with complaints of decreased movement of bilateral lower limbs and severe low back pain radiating to the right lower limb for 2 hours. He was referred to a higher centre and diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome due to massive disc herniation at levels L2-L3.

Draft Genome Sequence of Alkaliphilic Exiguobacterium sp. Strain HUD, Isolated from a Polymicrobial Consortia.

An alkaliphilic microorganism from the genus Exiguobacterium, Exiguobacterium sp. strain HUD was isolated from a fermentative, methanogenic polymicrobial microcosm operating at pH 10. The draft genome shows the presence of genes encoding for the metabolism of a range of carbohydrates under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.