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December 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 6, 2017

Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA: panmixia or complex stock structure?

Agostino Leone, Ilenia Urso, Dimitrios Damalas, Jann Martinsohn, Antonella Zanzi, Stefano Mariani, Emilio Sperone, Primo Micarelli, Fulvio Garibaldi, Persefoni Megalofonou, Luca Bargelloni, Rafaella Franch, David Macias, Paulo Prodöhl, Séan Fitzpatrick, Marco Stagioni, Fausto Tinti, Alessia Cariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4112 PubMed 29230359

December 19, 2017

Simulations indicate that scores of lionfish (Pterois volitans) colonized the Atlantic Ocean

Jason D. Selwyn, John E. Johnson, Alan M. Downey-Wall, Adam M. Bynum, Rebecca M. Hamner, J. Derek Hogan, Christopher E. Bird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3996 PubMed 29302383

December 4, 2017

Molecular evolution of virulence genes and non-virulence genes in clinical, natural and artificial environmental Legionella pneumophila isolates

Xiao-Yong Zhan, Qing-Yi Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4114 PubMed 29226035