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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 28, 2017

Uncovering unseen fungal diversity from plant DNA banks

8 citations

629 downloads

2,781 views

Erin M. Datlof, Anthony S. Amend, Kamala Earl, Jeremy Hayward, Clifford W. Morden, Rachael Wade, Geoffrey Zahn, Nicole A. Hynson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3730 PubMed 28875077

August 16, 2017

Microbiome succession during ammonification in eelgrass bed sediments

8 citations

586 downloads

2,524 views

Cassandra L. Ettinger, Susan L. Williams, Jessica M. Abbott, John J. Stachowicz, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3674 PubMed 28828269

August 29, 2017

Skin bacterial microbiome of a generalist Puerto Rican frog varies along elevation and land use gradients

20 citations

586 downloads

2,340 views

Myra C. Hughey, Janelle A. Pena, Roberto Reyes, Daniel Medina, Lisa K. Belden, Patricia A. Burrowes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3688 PubMed 28875068

August 15, 2017

Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms

8 citations

547 downloads

2,037 views

Kevin Walsh, J. Matthew Haggerty, Michael P. Doane, John J. Hansen, Megan M. Morris, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Louisi de Oliveira, Luciana Leomil, Gizele D. Garcia, Fabiano Thompson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261

August 15, 2017

Taxonomic and chemical assessment of exceptionally abundant rock mine biofilm

3 citations

470 downloads

1,722 views

Karolina Tomczyk-Żak, Paweł Szczesny, Robert Gromadka, Urszula Zielenkiewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3635 PubMed 28828247

August 18, 2017

Influence of CNTRENE^® C100LM carbon nanotube material on the growth and regulation of Escherichia coli

2 citations

435 downloads