European and Near East medicinal leeches represent a complex of at least three clearly distinctive species. Most of the work and results in commercial breeding, medicinal use, pharmaceutics, neurobiology etc. were incorrectly attributed to H. medicinalis, whereas in reality the species dealt with has been H. verbana. The discovery was noticed by many prominent journals and presented, for example as 'Research Highlight' in Nature, as cover story of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and in many newspapers like The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Australian, Science Daily, The Scientist.
COBISS.SI-ID: 19227353
Verifiable data sets and calculations certify Dinaric karst and Slovenia as the richest in troglobiotic fauna. Beetles used as a model, they are 40% of all terrestrial troglobiotic species, and best studied. We included 1700 georeferenced localities with 530 species. The 20x20 km grid and bootstrap turned out as most appropriate.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1750351
The paper was considered important enough by the publisher to deliver a special press release together with the paper. In the paper we showed that the highest global obligate subterranean biodiversity is concentrated not in the tropics but in a narrow belt at temperate northern latitudes in areas of long-term high surface productivity and high cave density.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20885209
The authors describe a new species of bacteria present in the gut of terrestrial isopods Porcellio scaber. Bacteria are attached to cuticular spines. For their identification, modern molecular methods were used. New knowledge provided in the paper is an important contribution in understanding interaction between host organism and gut microbiota
COBISS.SI-ID: 2068872
Cultured hepatocytes are used for toxicological and pharmacological studies, and on the field of cells transplantation in medicine. Progression was attained first of all in fishes and mammalians, and there are only a few studies with amphibians. We have introduce completely new method of hepatocytes primary cell cultures method of preparation of two species of Proteids, surface dwelling Necturus maculosus and distinctly specialized cave dweller Proteus anguinus.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1610575
European and Near East medicinal leeches represent a complex of at least three clearly distinctive species. Most of the work and results in commercial breeding, medicinal use, pharmaceutics, neurobiology etc. were incorrectly attributed to H. medicinalis, whereas in reality the species dealt with has been H. verbana. The discovery was noticed by many prominent journals and presented, for example as 'Research Highlight' in Nature, as cover story of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and in many newspapers like The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Australian, Science Daily, The Scientist.
COBISS.SI-ID: 19227353
The paper was considered important enough by the publisher to deliver a special press release together with the paper. In the paper we showed that the highest global obligate subterranean biodiversity is concentrated not in the tropics but in a narrow belt at temperate northern latitudes in areas of long-term high surface productivity and high cave density.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20885209
Verifiable data sets and calculations certify Dinaric karst and Slovenia as the richest in troglobiotic fauna. Beetles used as a model, they are 40% of all terrestrial troglobiotic species, and best studied. We included 1700 georeferenced localities with 530 species. The 20x20 km grid and bootstrap turned out as most appropriate.
Cultured hepatocytes are used for toxicological and pharmacological studies, and on the field of cells transplantation in medicine. Progression was attained first of all in fishes and mammalians, and there are only a few studies with amphibians. We have introduce completely new method of hepatocytes primary cell cultures method of preparation of two species of Proteids, surface dwelling Necturus maculosus and distinctly specialized cave dweller Proteus anguinus.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1610575