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  • Birds visiting the area include Brent goose Branta bernicla, common eider Somateria mollissima, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia.

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

  • Now, for the first time ever, neurosurgeons from all over the world have congregated to perform a first, a separation of the two heads, the condition known as cranial pegus parasiticus (ph), or parasite twin.

    CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2004 2004

  • When twins are connected at the top of the head and one stops growing, you develop this situation, known as cranial pegus parasiticus (ph), or twin parasite.

    CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2004 2004

  • Almost all vegetable compound feed materials of tropical origin are liable to contamination by the aflatoxins, a group of highly toxic mould metabolites, produced by certain strains of the moulds Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.

    Chapter 7 1988

  • The change takes place about the situation of a spacious open sward; here the jungle is thick, the trees consisting principally of Q. glauca, which is a noble tree, with immense lamellated acorns, Pendulous lichens are here common, Hymenopogon parasiticus, Lomaria of Khegumpa!

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • Aflatoxin is a potent, naturally occurring carcinogenic mycotoxin that is associated with the growth of two types of mold: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Aflatoxin is a potent, naturally occurring carcinogenic mycotoxin that is associated with the growth of two types of mold: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., helped develop Afla-Guard®, a biological control for the aflatoxin-producing fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus in peanuts.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • A. flavus and A. parasiticus, naturally-occurring soil fungi, can invade food and feed crops, contaminating them with aflatoxin.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Hill A, Wagner A, Hill M (2003) Hox and paraHox genes from the anthozoan Parazoanthus parasiticus.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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