MORPHOLOGY OF THE CUTANEOUS POISON AND MUCOUS GLANDS IN AMPHIBIANS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CAECILIANS (SIPHONOPS ANNULATUS)

Morphology of the Cutaneous Poison and Mucous Glands in Amphibians with Particular Emphasis on Caecilians (Siphonops annulatus)

Caecilians (order Gymnophiona) are apodan, snake-like amphibians, usually with fossorial habits, ngetikin constituting one of the most unknown groups of terrestrial vertebrates.As in orders Anura (frogs, tree frogs and toads) and Caudata (salamanders and newts), the caecilian skin is rich in mucous glands, responsible for body lubrication, and pois

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Polymicrobial infection in cystic fibrosis and future perspectives for improving Mycobacterium abscessus drug discovery

Abstract Polymicrobial communities inhabit the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway, whereby microbial interactions can occur.One prominent CF pathogen is Mycobacterium abscessus, whose treatment is largely unsuccessful.This creates a need to discover viqua-f4 novel antimicrobial agents to treat M.abscessus, however the methods used within antibiotic discov

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