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January 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Long-tailed Finch

January 5, 2016

Does social monogamy mean genetic monogamy in the long-tailed finch?

Researchers present the first molecular data on the genetic breeding system of the Australian long-tailed finch.

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January 11, 2016

One-step multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detecting and genotyping wild-type group A rotavirus strains and vaccine strains (Rotarix® and RotaTeq®) in stool samples

21 citations

1,739 downloads

3,953 views

Rashi Gautam, Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic, Mathew D. Esona, Ka Ian Tam, Osbourne Quaye, Michael D. Bowen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1560 PubMed 26839745

January 19, 2016

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

108 citations

1,374 downloads

5,811 views

Hans Verstraelen, Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas, Fabian Desimpel, Ruy Jauregui, Nele Vankeirsbilck, Steven Weyers, Rita Verhelst, Petra De Sutter, Dietmar H. Pieper, Tom Van De Wiele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1602 PubMed 26823997

January 21, 2016

Molecular diversity of bacteria in commercially available “Spirulina” food supplements

9 citations

1,180 downloads

3,119 views

Elisabeth Vardaka, Konstantinos A. Kormas, Matina Katsiapi, Savvas Genitsaris, Maria Moustaka-Gouni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1610 PubMed 26819852

January 14, 2016

Comparative genomics of Synechococcus and proposal of the new genus Parasynechococcus

27 citations

1,050 downloads

3,300 views

Felipe Coutinho, Diogo Antonio Tschoeke, Fabiano Thompson, Cristiane Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1522 PubMed 26839740

January 21, 2016

The impact of freeze-drying infant fecal samples on measures of their bacterial community profiles and milk-derived oligosaccharide content

8 citations

909 downloads

3,644 views

Zachery T. Lewis, Jasmine C.C. Davis, Jennifer T. Smilowitz, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David A. Mills

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1612 PubMed 26819854

January 5, 2016

In planta comparative transcriptomics of host-adapted strains of Ralstonia solanacearum

19 citations

909 downloads

3,524 views

Florent Ailloud, Tiffany M. Lowe, Isabelle Robène, Stéphane Cruveiller, Caitilyn Allen, Philippe Prior

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1549 PubMed 26788428

January 18, 2016

The Iflaviruses Sacbrood virus and Deformed wing virus evoke different transcriptional responses in the honeybee which may facilitate their horizontal or vertical transmission

24 citations

907 downloads

3,602 views

Eugene V. Ryabov, Jessica M. Fannon, Jonathan D. Moore, Graham R. Wood, David J. Evans

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1591 PubMed 26819848

January 28, 2016

Analysis of five complete genome sequences for members of the class Peribacteria in the recently recognized Peregrinibacteria bacterial phylum

44 citations

889 downloads

4,297 views

Karthik Anantharaman, Christopher T. Brown, David Burstein, Cindy J. Castelle, Alexander J. Probst, Brian C. Thomas, Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1607 PubMed 26844018

January 5, 2016

Marine microbial communities of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon are influenced by riverine floodwaters and seasonal weather events

29 citations

885 downloads

3,754 views

Florent E. Angly, Candice Heath, Thomas C. Morgan, Hemerson Tonin, Virginia Rich, Britta Schaffelke, David G. Bourne, Gene W. Tyson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1511 PubMed 26839738

January 7, 2016

Impact of demographics on human gut microbial diversity in a US Midwest population

43 citations

853 downloads