Three hundred and sixty-seven strains of pioneer streptococci isolated from the mouths of 40
healthy, full-term infants during the first month of life were examined by two taxonomic …

Cottonwoods are poplar trees that are well adapted to dynamic riparian, or streamside,
zones throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Here we assess the influences of three …

Two anomalous fluvial landforms, gullies and scour holes, eroded into flood plains
bordering meandering and braiding river channels have not been previously reported. We …

We sought to determine (1) the ontogeny of secretory IgA subclasses in saliva of breast-and
formula-fed infants and (2) the influence of breast-feeding on the maturation of secretory …

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) was introduced in 1950 onto one site on the Milk
River floodplain, northern Montana, 10 km downstream from the Canada/United States …

As part of a longitudinal study of the relationship between bacterial colonization and the
secretory immune response, 367 isolates of pioneer viridans streptococci collected from 40 …

Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) antibodies reactive with the pioneer oral streptococci
Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 and Streptococcus oralis, the late oral colonizer Streptococcus …

Introduced saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima, T. chinensis, and their hybrids) reaches its
northward distribution in the Great Plains in Montana, USA. We mapped the locations …

Previous research shows an anomalous absence of plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
woodlands along a 30 km sandy braid-channel reach of the Milk River upstream of the …

The clonal diversity of 101 isolates of the pioneer bacterium Streptococcus mitis biovar 1
obtained from the oral cavities of 40 human neonates 1 to 3 days, 2 weeks, and 1 month …