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October 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 4, 2017

Accuracy of microbial community diversity estimated by closed- and open-reference OTUs

69 citations

2,593 downloads

15,975 views

Robert C. Edgar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3889 PubMed 29018622

October 24, 2017

Statins: antimicrobial resistance breakers or makers?

24 citations

709 downloads

3,854 views

Humphrey H.T. Ko, Ricky R. Lareu, Brett R. Dix, Jeffery D. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3952 PubMed 29085751

October 20, 2017

Oxygen-limited metabolism in the methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1C

33 citations

612 downloads

3,044 views

Alexey Gilman, Yanfen Fu, Melissa Hendershott, Frances Chu, Aaron W. Puri, Amanda Lee Smith, Mitchell Pesesky, Rose Lieberman, David A.C. Beck, Mary E. Lidstrom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3945 PubMed 29062611

October 27, 2017

Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits

10 citations

694 downloads

2,905 views

Ara S. Winter, Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, Jason C. Kimble, Debbie C. Buecher, Ernest W. Valdez, Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Jesse M. Young, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Diana E. Northup

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3944 PubMed 29093998

October 13, 2017

Sediment microbial taxonomic and functional diversity in a natural salinity gradient challenge Remane’s “species minimum” concept

12 citations

665 downloads

2,469 views

Christina Pavloudi, Jon B. Kristoffersen, Anastasis Oulas, Marleen De Troch, Christos Arvanitidis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3687 PubMed 29043106

October 16, 2017

Microbial community diversity patterns are related to physical and chemical differences among temperate lakes near Beaver Island, MI

7 citations

477 downloads

2,399 views

Miranda H. Hengy, Dean J. Horton, Donald G. Uzarski, Deric R. Learman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3937 PubMed 29062609

October 6, 2017

The isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from Tessaratoma papillosa Drury (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae)

3 citations

4,546 downloads

2,369 views

Xiang Meng, Junjie Hu, Gecheng Ouyang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3888 PubMed 29018621

October 17, 2017

Bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to varying tillage depth in agricultural soils

14 citations

826 downloads

2,348 views

Craig Anderson, Mike Beare, Hannah L. Buckley, Gavin Lear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3930 PubMed 29062604

October 5, 2017

Mechanisms of action and in vivo antibacterial efficacy assessment of five novel hybrid peptides derived from Indolicidin and Ranalexin against Streptococcus pneumoniae

5 citations

680 downloads

2,109 views

Hassan Mahmood Jindal, Keivan Zandi, Kien Chai Ong, Rukumani Devi Velayuthan, Sara Maisha Rasid, Chandramathi Samudi Raju, Shamala Devi Sekaran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3887 PubMed 29018620

October 26, 2017

Erwinia amylovora psychrotrophic adaptations: evidence of pathogenic potential and survival at temperate and low environmental temperatures

10 citations

751 downloads

1,897 views

Ricardo D. Santander, Elena G. Biosca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3931 PubMed 29085749

October 3, 2017

Alpha-arylphorin is a mitogen in the Heliothis virescens midgut cell secretome upon Cry1Ac intoxication

6 citations

480 downloads

1,702 views

Anais Castagnola, Jerreme Jackson, Omaththage P. Perera, Cris Oppert, Shigetoshi Eda, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3886 PubMed 29018619

October 5, 2017

The Plasmodium berghei RC strain is highly diverged and harbors putatively novel drug resistance variants

366 downloads

1,625 views

Warangkhana Songsungthong, Supasak Kulawonganunchai, Alisa Wilantho, Sissades Tongsima, Pongpisid Koonyosying, Chairat Uthaipibull, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Philip J. Shaw

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3766 PubMed 29018598

October 10, 2017

Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

3 citations

372 downloads

1,616 views

Claire Bernardin Souibgui, Anthony Zoropogui, Jeremy Voisin, Sebastien Ribun, Valentin Vasselon, Petar Pujic, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Patrick Belly, Benoit Cournoyer, Didier Blaha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3823 PubMed 29038748

October 10, 2017

Extending SEQenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences

1 citation

383 downloads

1,573 views

Ali Z. Ijaz, Thomas C. Jeffries, Umer Z. Ijaz, Kelly Hamonts, Brajesh K. Singh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3827 PubMed 29038749

October 31, 2017

Proteomics research and related functional classification of liquid sclerotial exudates of Sclerotinia ginseng

3 citations

397 downloads