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December 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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.

December 19, 2017

Profiling soil microbial communities with next-generation sequencing: the influence of DNA kit selection and technician technical expertise

18 citations

1,129 downloads

3,336 views

Taha Soliman, Sung-Yin Yang, Tomoko Yamazaki, Holger Jenke-Kodama

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4178 PubMed 29302394

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?

5 citations

972 downloads

4,870 views

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 4, 2017

Constructing a comprehensive gene co-expression based interactome in Bos taurus

2 citations

911 downloads

1,985 views

Yan Chen, Yining Liu, Min Du, Wengang Zhang, Ling Xu, Xue Gao, Lupei Zhang, Huijiang Gao, Lingyang Xu, Junya Li, Min Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4107 PubMed 29226034

December 19, 2017

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

5 citations

888 downloads

7,890 views

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 14, 2017

Regulating the UAS/GAL4 system in adult Drosophila with Tet-off GAL80 transgenes

7 citations

661 downloads

3,161 views

Taylor Barwell, Brian DeVeale, Luc Poirier, Jie Zheng, Frederique Seroude, Laurent Seroude

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4167 PubMed 29259847

December 7, 2017

Population structure and phenotypic variation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the United States

15 citations

633 downloads

3,090 views

Zhian N. Kamvar, B. Sajeewa Amaradasa, Rachana Jhala, Serena McCoy, James R. Steadman, Sydney E. Everhart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4152 PubMed 29230376

December 4, 2017

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

2 citations

456 downloads

1,510 views

Xiao-Yong Zhan, Qing-Yi Zhu

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

December 19, 2017

Association between genetic polymorphisms of the IL28B gene and leukomonocyte in Chinese hepatitis B virus-infected individuals

3 citations

377 downloads

1,179 views

Yuzhu Song, Yunsong Shen, Xueshan Xia, A-Mei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4149 PubMed 29302390

December 6, 2017

Cytochrome c oxidase barcodes for aquatic oligochaete identification: development of a Swiss reference database

12 citations

353 downloads

1,460 views

Régis Vivien, Maria Holzmann, Inge Werner, Jan Pawlowski, Michel Lafont, Benoit J.D. Ferrari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4122 PubMed 29230362

December 6, 2017

Integrated downstream regulation by the quorum-sensing controlled transcription factors LrhA and RcsA impacts phenotypic outputs associated with virulence in the phytopathogen Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii

3 citations

349 downloads

1,536 views

Duy An Duong, Ann M. Stevens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4145 PubMed 29230372

December 1, 2017

The pht4;1-3 mutant line contains a loss of function allele in the Fatty Acid Desaturase 7 gene caused by a remnant inactivated selection marker—a cautionary tale

256 downloads

1,095 views

Anders K. Nilsson, Mats X. Andersson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4134 PubMed 29209580

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