Rhizosphere metabolism and its effect on phosphorus pools in the root zone of a submerged macrophyte, Isoëtes kirkii.

The presence of oxygen in lake sediments reduces sediment oxygen demand, and potentially improves sediment phosphorus retention and coupled nitrification/denitrification. However, the release of oxygen from the roots of macrophytes has not previously been measured in highly reducing sediments. Here, in the highly reducing environments of a commercial garden soil and sediment from a hyper-eutrophic lake, we used nine oxygen optodes, placed onto scintillation vials to detect oxygen in the rhizosphere of Isoetes kirkii referred to as quillworts.

Invasive Mycoleptodiscus fungal cellulitis and myositis.

We report progressive necrotizing fungal cellulitis and myositis in the leg of a patient with glioblastoma multiforme treated with temozolomide and corticosteroids. While the morphologic appearance of the isolate and its ability to grow at temperatures greater than 32°C were suggestive of Mycoleptodiscus indicus, some of the conidia were atypical for this species in that they had single septa and occasional lateral appendages. Furthermore, the isolate was different from M.