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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 7, 2016

Metagenomic analysis of nitrogen and methane cycling in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

48 citations

2,051 downloads

7,934 views

Claudia Lüke, Daan R. Speth, Martine A.R. Kox, Laura Villanueva, Mike S.M. Jetten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1924 PubMed 27077014

April 5, 2016

Identification of Salmonella for public health surveillance using whole genome sequencing

124 citations

1,850 downloads

7,067 views

Philip M. Ashton, Satheesh Nair, Tansy M. Peters, Janet A. Bale, David G. Powell, Anaïs Painset, Rediat Tewolde, Ulf Schaefer, Claire Jenkins, Timothy J. Dallman, Elizabeth M. de Pinna, Kathie A. Grant

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1752 PubMed 27069781

April 7, 2016

Effects of sound exposure on the growth and intracellular macromolecular synthesis of E. coli k-12

8 citations

1,652 downloads

3,762 views

Shaobin Gu, Yongzhu Zhang, Ying Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1920 PubMed 27077011

April 28, 2016

Bacteria associated with human saliva are major microbial components of Ecuadorian indigenous beers (chicha)

10 citations

1,331 downloads

2,715 views

Ana L. Freire, Sonia Zapata, Juan Mosquera, Maria Lorena Mejia, Gabriel Trueba

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1962 PubMed 27168974

April 19, 2016

Genome sequencing and analysis of the first complete genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei strain MP2, an Apis mellifera gut isolate

9 citations

1,124 downloads

4,246 views

Freddy Asenjo, Alejandro Olmos, Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich, Victor Polanco, Patricia Aldea, Juan A. Ugalde, Annette N. Trombert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1950 PubMed 27114887

April 12, 2016

Genetic signatures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nonthaburi genotype revealed by whole genome analysis of isolates from tuberculous meningitis patients in Thailand

5 citations

989 downloads

3,184 views

Olabisi Oluwabukola Coker, Angkana Chaiprasert, Chumpol Ngamphiw, Sissades Tongsima, Sanjib Mani Regmi, Taane G. Clark, Rick Twee Hee Ong, Yik-Ying Teo, Therdsak Prammananan, Prasit Palittapongarnpim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1905 PubMed 27114869

April 11, 2016

Differences in stability of seed-associated microbial assemblages in response to invasion by phytopathogenic microorganisms

23 citations

965 downloads

3,119 views

Samir Rezki, Claire Campion, Beatrice Iacomi-Vasilescu, Anne Preveaux, Youness Toualbia, Sophie Bonneau, Martial Briand, Emmanuelle Laurent, Gilles Hunault, Philippe Simoneau, Marie-Agnès Jacques, Matthieu Barret

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1923 PubMed 27077013

April 18, 2016

Characterization of microbial associations with methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria through statistical comparison of nested Magneto-FISH enrichments

18 citations

798 downloads

3,592 views

Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert, David H. Case, Victoria J. Orphan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1913 PubMed 27114874

April 18, 2016

In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity

32 citations

786 downloads

3,656 views

Georg Steinert, Michael W. Taylor, Peter Deines, Rachel L. Simister, Nicole J. de Voogd, Michael Hoggard, Peter J. Schupp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882

April 25, 2016

Nutrient uplift in a cyclonic eddy increases diversity, primary productivity and iron demand of microbial communities relative to a western boundary current

12 citations

592 downloads

2,894 views

Martina A. Doblin, Katherina Petrou, Sutinee Sinutok, Justin R. Seymour, Lauren F. Messer, Mark V. Brown, Louiza Norman, Jason D. Everett, Allison S. McInnes, Peter J. Ralph, Peter A. Thompson, Christel S. Hassler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1973 PubMed 27168982

April 26, 2016

Crystal structure of the 3C protease from Southern African Territories type 2 foot-and-mouth disease virus

6 citations

529 downloads

2,109 views

Jingjie Yang, Eoin N. Leen, Francois F. Maree, Stephen Curry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1964 PubMed 27168976

April 14, 2016

The role of Rnf in ion gradient formation in Desulfovibrio alaskensis

2 citations

484 downloads