Metagenomic Analyses of Water Samples of Two Urban Freshwaters in Berlin, Germany, Reveal New Highly Diverse Invertebrate Viruses.

In an attempt to explore the RNA viromes of two German rivers, we searched the virus particle contents of one 50 L water sample each from the Teltow Canal and the Havel River for viruses assumed to infect invertebrates. More than 330 complete and partial virus genomes up to a length of 37 kb were identified, with noda-like and reo-like viruses being most abundant, followed by bunya-like and birna-like viruses. Viruses related to the , , , as well as the unclassified Jῑngmén virus and Negev virus groups were also present.

Diversity of Picorna-Like Viruses in the Teltow Canal, Berlin, Germany.

The viromes of freshwater bodies are underexplored. The order, with 371 acknowledged species, is one of the most expansive and diverse groups of eukaryotic RNA viruses. In this study, we add 513 picorna-like viruses to the assemblage of more than 2000 unassigned picorna-like viruses.

Painful Peroneal Tendon Subluxation in a Patient With a Prior Ankle Fusion.

This case report describes a patient who underwent an ankle fusion using a lateral approach and fibular-onlay strut 14 years ago. She presented with increasing lateral ankle pain and giving way. Despite bracing and steroid injections, she had continued symptoms and surgery for hardware removal was recommended.

Axial Growth Characteristics of Optically Active InGaAs Nanowire Heterostructures for Integrated Nanophotonic Devices.

III-V semiconductor nanowire (NW) heterostructures with axial InGaAs active regions hold large potential for diverse on-chip device applications, including site-selectively integrated quantum light sources, NW lasers with high material gain, as well as resonant tunneling diodes and avalanche photodiodes. Despite various promising efforts toward high-quality single or multiple axial InGaAs heterostacks using noncatalytic growth mechanisms, the important roles of facet-dependent shape evolution, crystal defects, and the applicability to more universal growth schemes have remained elusive. Here, we report the growth of optically active InGaAs axial NW heterostructures via completely catalyst-free, selective-area molecular beam epitaxy directly on silicon (Si) using GaAs(Sb) NW arrays as tunable, high-uniformity growth templates and highlight fundamental relationships between structural, morphological, and optical properties of the InGaAs region.

Exploring the Diversity of Plant-Associated Viruses and Related Viruses in Riverine Freshwater Samples Collected in Berlin, Germany.

Plant-infecting RNA viruses from 30 families and floating genera, as well as a great number of uncultured as yet-unclassified plant-associated viruses have been described. Even so, the plant RNA virosphere is still underexplored. RNA extracted from enriched virus particles of 50 L water samples from the Teltow Canal and the Havel River in Berlin, Germany, was sequenced using Illumina next-generation sequencing.