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November 2016

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Effects of CO2 laser irradiation on matrix-rich biofilm

Fluorescence Microscopy

November 1, 2016

Effects of CO2 laser irradiation on matrix-rich biofilm

Researchers evaluated the formation of biofilms on tooth enamel, which had been irradiated with a CO2 laser. This study investigates a key aspect of the increasing, wide-spread clinical use of lasers in dentistry.

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November 17, 2016

Detecting sedimentation impacts to coral reefs resulting from dredging the Port of Miami, Florida USA

Margaret W. Miller, Jocelyn Karazsia, Carolyn E. Groves, Sean Griffin, Tom Moore, Pace Wilber, Kurtis Gregg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2711 PubMed 27896036

November 15, 2016

Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico

Gabriela Parra-Olea, Sean M. Rovito, Mario García-París, Jessica A. Maisano, David B. Wake, James Hanken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2694 PubMed 27896029

November 15, 2016

Identification of phenolic secondary metabolites from Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Fabaceae) and demonstration of their antioxidant activities in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mansour Sobeh, Esraa ElHawary, Herbenya Peixoto, Rola M. Labib, Heba Handoussa, Noha Swilam, Ahmed H. El-Khatib, Farukh Sharapov, Tamer Mohamed, Sonja Krstin, Michael W. Linscheid, Abdel Nasser Singab, Michael Wink, Nahla Ayoub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2404 PubMed 27896020

November 2, 2016

Elevational pattern of bird species richness and its causes along a central Himalaya gradient, China

Xinyuan Pan, Zhifeng Ding, Yiming Hu, Jianchao Liang, Yongjie Wu, Xingfeng Si, Mingfang Guo, Huijian Hu, Kun Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2636 PubMed 27833806

November 29, 2016

Disentangling urban habitat and matrix effects on wild bee species

Leonie K. Fischer, Julia Eichfeld, Ingo Kowarik, Sascha Buchholz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2729 PubMed 27917318

November 22, 2016

Dominance relationships in a family pack of captive arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos): the influence of competition for food, age and sex

Simona Cafazzo, Martina Lazzaroni, Sarah Marshall-Pescini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2707 PubMed 27904806

November 8, 2016

Proteogenomic analyses indicate bacterial methylotrophy and archaeal heterotrophy are prevalent below the grass root zone

Cristina N. Butterfield, Zhou Li, Peter F. Andeer, Susan Spaulding, Brian C. Thomas, Andrea Singh, Robert L. Hettich, Kenwyn B. Suttle, Alexander J. Probst, Susannah G. Tringe, Trent Northen, Chongle Pan, Jillian F. Banfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2687 PubMed 27843720

November 10, 2016

Hyainailourine and teratodontine cranial material from the late Eocene of Egypt and the application of parsimony and Bayesian methods to the phylogeny and biogeography of Hyaenodonta (Placentalia, Mammalia)

Matthew R. Borths, Patricia A. Holroyd, Erik R. Seiffert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2639 PubMed 27867761

November 2, 2016

A public data set of human balance evaluations

Damiana A. Santos, Marcos Duarte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2648 PubMed 27833813

November 1, 2016

Therapeutic role of human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in treating hair loss

Yonghao Qi, Miao Li, Lian Xu, Zhijing Chang, Xiong Shu, Lijun Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2624 PubMed 27833804

November 10, 2016

Soymilk residue (okara) as a natural immobilization carrier for Lactobacillus plantarum cells enhances soymilk fermentation, glucosidic isoflavone bioconversion, and cell survival under simulated gastric and intestinal conditions

Xia Xiudong, Wang Ying, Liu Xiaoli, Li Ying, Zhou Jianzhong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2701 PubMed 27867770

November 1, 2016

Whole-brain ex-vivo quantitative MRI of the cuprizone mouse model

Tobias C. Wood, Camilla Simmons, Samuel A. Hurley, Anthony C. Vernon, Joel Torres, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Steve C.R. Williams, Diana Cash

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2632 PubMed 27833805

November 3, 2016

Mathematical models are a powerful method to understand and control the spread of Huanglongbing

Rachel A. Taylor, Erin A. Mordecai, Christopher A. Gilligan, Jason R. Rohr, Leah R. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2642 PubMed 27833809

November 22, 2016

Hypothesis on Serenoa repens (Bartram) small extract inhibition of prostatic 5α-reductase through an in silico approach on 5β-reductase x-ray structure

Paolo Governa, Daniela Giachetti, Marco Biagi, Fabrizio Manetti, Luca De Vico

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2698 PubMed 27904805

November 15, 2016

Salinity and temperature significantly influence seed germination, seedling establishment, and seedling growth of eelgrass Zostera marina L.

Shaochun Xu, Yi Zhou, Pengmei Wang, Feng Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Ruiting Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2697 PubMed 27896031

November 8, 2016

Antioxidant nutrition in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr and post-smolt, fed diets with high inclusion of plant ingredients and graded levels of micronutrients and selected amino acids

Kristin Hamre, Nini H. Sissener, Erik-Jan Lock, Pål A. Olsvik, Marit Espe, Bente E. Torstensen, Joana Silva, Johan Johansen, Rune Waagbø, Gro-Ingunn Hemre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2688 PubMed 27843721

November 8, 2016

Herbarium-based studies on taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of Psilochilus (Orchidaceae)

Marta Kolanowska, Aleksandra M. Naczk, Radomir Jaskuła

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2600 PubMed 27843710

November 1, 2016

Non-target effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on Common toad larvae (Bufo bufo, Amphibia) and associated algae are altered by temperature

Fabian Baier, Edith Gruber, Thomas Hein, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Marina Ivanković, Axel Mentler, Carsten A. Brühl, Bernhard Spangl, Johann G. Zaller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2641 PubMed 27833808

November 16, 2016

Historical reconstruction of climatic and elevation preferences and the evolution of cloud forest-adapted tree ferns in Mesoamerica

Victoria Sosa, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Etelvina Gándara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2696 PubMed 27896030

November 1, 2016

Root bacterial endophytes alter plant phenotype, but not physiology

Jeremiah A. Henning, David J. Weston, Dale A. Pelletier, Collin M. Timm, Sara S. Jawdy, Aimée T. Classen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2606 PubMed 27833797

November 3, 2016

Foliar fungal communities strongly differ between habitat patches in a landscape mosaic

Thomas Fort, Cécile Robin, Xavier Capdevielle, Laurent Delière, Corinne Vacher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2656 PubMed 27833817

November 1, 2016

A potential third Manta Ray species near the Yucatán Peninsula? Evidence for a recently diverged and novel genetic Manta group from the Gulf of Mexico

Silvia Hinojosa-Alvarez, Ryan P. Walter, Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes, Felipe Galván-Magaña, E. Misty Paig-Tran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2586 PubMed 27833795

November 15, 2016

Lithocholic acid induces endoplasmic reticulum stress, autophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction in human prostate cancer cells

Ahmed A. Gafar, Hossam M. Draz, Alexander A. Goldberg, Mohamed A. Bashandy, Sayed Bakry, Mahmoud A. Khalifa, Walid AbuShair, Vladimir I. Titorenko, J. Thomas Sanderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2445 PubMed 27896021

November 24, 2016

A revision of tetrapod footprints from the late Carboniferous of the West Midlands, UK

Luke E. Meade, Andrew S. Jones, Richard J. Butler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2718 PubMed 27904809

November 29, 2016

Abundance and physiology of dominant soft corals linked to water quality in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia

Gunilla Baum, Indra Januar, Sebastian C.A. Ferse, Christian Wild, Andreas Kunzmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2625 PubMed 27904802