December 2017

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Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

The International Space Station

December 5, 2017

Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

Microbiologists have analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on Earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project. They found that the microbial community in this unique habitat was very diverse and more closely resembled that of homes than of humans.

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December 22, 2017
The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4148 PubMed 29302389
December 11, 2017
Cranial osteology of the pampathere Holmesina floridanus (Xenarthra: Cingulata; Blancan NALMA), including a description of an isolated petrosal bone
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4022 PubMed 29250462
December 1, 2017
New anatomical information of the wukongopterid Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al., 2010 based on a new specimen
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4102 PubMed 29209577
December 6, 2017
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nov., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4150 PubMed 29230374
December 6, 2017
Ecomorphological inferences in early vertebrates: reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi) caudal fin from palaeoecological data
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4081 PubMed 29230354
December 11, 2017
Incremental growth of therizinosaurian dental tissues: implications for dietary transitions in Theropoda
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4129 PubMed 29250467
December 14, 2017
The shell morphology of the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) trionychid turtle Helopanoplia distincta
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4169 PubMed 29259848
December 5, 2017
Neither slim nor fat: estimating the mass of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus, Aves, Columbiformes) based on the largest sample of dodo bones to date
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4110 PubMed 29230358
Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

The International Space Station

December 5, 2017

Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

Microbiologists have analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on Earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project. They found that the microbial community in this unique habitat was very diverse and more closely resembled that of homes than of humans.

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