Peculiarities of the contour feather microstructure in the Cordovidae family

The results of comparative electron microscope study of the fine structure of the definitive contour feathers of ten Crows species (Perisoreus infaustus, Garrulus glandarius, Cyanopica cyanus, Pica Pica, Podoceus panderi, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Corvus monedula, C.frugilegus, C. cornix, C. corax) are presented. The results of the research allowed us to conclude that crows, along with the traditional elements of feather architectonics, have a number of species-specific microstructure characteristics that are taxonomically important.     

Biological characteristics of culture 6734-21 and the conditions for isolating the antiviral antibiotic it produces

An actinomyceteous strain No. 6734-21 was isolated from a soil sample of Central Asia and classified as Actinomyces bottropensis. It inhibited the development of the phage of the lysogenic culture of Micrococcus lysodeicticus 53-40 (No. 5) and the variolovaccine DNA-containing virus. Actinomyces bottropensis, strain No. 6734-21 produced an antiviral antibiotic classified as one belonging to the actinorodine group.