Bivalves such as clams and oysters are filtering mollusks that inhabit aquatic environments. These organisms are relevant in the food industry for the potential presence of pathogenic bacteria, such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, ...

Regardless of new technologies, increasing availability of vaccines, and novel medicine advances, infectious diseases are one of the principal causes of human mortality. Infectious disease control has become even more ...

With petroleum reserves estimated to scarce in less than 55 years, scientists had been emphatic in the search for alternative fuels. Biogas is considered a potential substitute fuel due to its high calorific value, ...

Native to Central America, papaya (Carica papaya) is one of the most cultivated fruit crops in tropical areas of the world. The commercial success of papaya is not only due to its high nutritional qualities but also due ...

Since the discovery of the Archaea domain, a lot of interest has been given to study regulation of gene expression in these microorganisms. However, few reports are available that provides knowledge about how essential ...

The first findings of Puerto Rican calcareous sponges are presented in this Thesis. We analyzed the calcareous (subclass Calcinea) sponge diversity of Puerto Rico and an integrative molecular and morphological approach was ...

Puerto Ricans phenotypic traits are a combination of the admixture of their ancestors Taínos with Europeans and Africans. Shovel-shaped incisors are a common trait among Taínos’ skeletons and are still present in the Puerto ...

Archaea compose the third domain of life and are most notable for the ability of some to thrive in extreme environments, such environment is that of high salinity. This project focused on the culturable haloarchaeal diversity ...

Las agarasas son enzimas que son capaces de catalizar la hidrólisis de agar. Se clasifican en dos grupos, que son α-agarasa y β-agarasa, de acuerdo con el patrón de escisión. Varias agarasas se han aislado de diferentes ...

For over 60 years, the Anones Lagoon at the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico, has been extensively subjected to ordnance-related pollution caused by military exercises carried out by the US Navy. After military ...