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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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May 30, 2018

Potent antibacterial, antioxidant and toxic activities of extracts from Passiflora suberosa L. leaves

3 citations

363 downloads

1,300 views

Kumudu R.V. Bandara, Chayanika Padumadasa, Dinithi C. Peiris

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4804 PubMed 29868259

May 30, 2018

Applying fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infections (rCDI) in children

5 citations

387 downloads

2,186 views

Shaaz Fareed, Neha Sarode, Frank J. Stewart, Aneeq Malik, Elham Laghaie, Saadia Khizer, Fengxia Yan, Zoe Pratte, Jeffery Lewis, Lilly Cheng Immergluck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4663 PubMed 29868248

May 28, 2018

Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data

26 citations

514 downloads

7,206 views

Jonathan M. Palmer, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark T. Banik, Daniel L. Lindner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4925 PubMed 29868296

May 28, 2018

BLAST-based validation of metagenomic sequence assignments

4 citations

362 downloads

1,786 views

Adam L. Bazinet, Brian D. Ondov, Daniel D. Sommer, Shashikala Ratnayake

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4892 PubMed 29868286

May 25, 2018

Rapid evolution of the Helicobacter pylori AlpA adhesin in a high gastric cancer risk region from Colombia

1 citation

318 downloads

1,050 views

Andrés Julián Gutiérrez-Escobar, Gina Méndez-Callejas, Orlando Acevedo, Maria Mercedes Bravo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4846 PubMed 29844987

May 24, 2018

The role of gut microbiota in the regulation of standard metabolic rate in female Periplaneta americana

2 citations

368 downloads

1,082 views

Paul A. Ayayee, Andrew Ondrejech, George Keeney, Agustí Muñoz-Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4717 PubMed 29844953

May 23, 2018

Effects of preservation method on canine (Canis lupus familiaris) fecal microbiota

6 citations

525 downloads

2,327 views

Katti R. Horng, Holly H. Ganz, Jonathan A. Eisen, Stanley L. Marks

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4827 PubMed 29844978

May 23, 2018

Finding novel relationships with integrated gene-gene association network analysis of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using species-independent text-mining

300 downloads

1,405 views

Sanna M. Kreula, Suwisa Kaewphan, Filip Ginter, Patrik R. Jones

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4806 PubMed 29844966

May 18, 2018

Helicobacter pylori genetic diversification in the Mongolian gerbil model

1 citation

266 downloads

1,502 views

Amber C. Beckett, John T. Loh, Abha Chopra, Shay Leary, Aung Soe Lin, Wyatt J. McDonnell, Beverly R.E.A. Dixon, Jennifer M. Noto, Dawn A. Israel, Richard M. Peek Jr, Simon Mallal, Holly M. Scott Algood, Timothy L. Cover

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4803 PubMed 29796347

May 17, 2018

Diet breadth and exploitation of exotic plants shift the core microbiome of Cephaloleia, a group of tropical herbivorous beetles

1 citation

338 downloads

1,704 views

Chelsea L. Blankenchip, Dana E. Michels, H. Elizabeth Braker, Shana K. Goffredi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4793 PubMed 29785353

May 16, 2018

Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, northeastern Philippines

2 citations

654 downloads

1,803 views

Andrian P. Gajigan, Aletta T. Yñiguez, Cesar L. Villanoy, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, Gil S. Jacinto, Cecilia Conaco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4781 PubMed 29785352

May 16, 2018

Novel, non-symbiotic isolates of Neorhizobium from a dryland agricultural soil

2 citations

328 downloads

958 views

Amalia Soenens, Juan Imperial

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4776 PubMed 29785349

May 11, 2018

‘2TM proteins’: an antigenically diverse superfamily with variable functions and export pathways

2 citations

291 downloads

1,174 views

Jasweer Kaur, Rachna Hora

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4757 PubMed 29770278

May 10, 2018

Glycosylceramide modifies the flavor and metabolic characteristics of sake yeast

1 citation

392 downloads

1,255 views

Jannatul Ferdouse, Yuki Yamamoto, Seiga Taguchi, Yumiko Yoshizaki, Kazunori Takamine, Hiroshi Kitagaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4768 PubMed 29761062

May 8, 2018

Fine grained compositional analysis of Port Everglades Inlet microbiome using high throughput DNA sequencing

1 citation

467 downloads

1,479 views

Lauren O’Connell, Song Gao, Donald McCorquodale, Jay Fleisher, Jose V. Lopez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4671 PubMed 29761039

May 7, 2018

Screening of polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacteria and PhaC-encoding genes in two hypersaline microbial mats from Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico

2 citations

1,128 downloads

1,429 views

Carolina A. Martínez-Gutiérrez, Hever Latisnere-Barragán, José Q. García-Maldonado, Alejandro López-Cortés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4780 PubMed 29761063

May 7, 2018

Crystallization and structure analysis of the core motif of the Pks13 acyltransferase domain from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1 citation

351 downloads

1,195 views

Mingjing Yu, Chao Dou, Yijun Gu, Wei Cheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4728 PubMed 29761048

May 7, 2018

Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity

17 citations

935 downloads

4,728 views

Angela McCann, Feargal J. Ryan, Stephen R. Stockdale, Marion Dalmasso, Tony Blake, C. Anthony Ryan, Catherine Stanton, Susan Mills, Paul R. Ross, Colin Hill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4694 PubMed 29761040

May 7, 2018

Small tropical islands with dense human population: differences in water quality of near-shore waters are associated with distinct bacterial communities

1 citation

348 downloads

1,461 views

Hauke F. Kegler, Christiane Hassenrück, Pia Kegler, Tim C. Jennerjahn, Muhammad Lukman, Jamaluddin Jompa, Astrid Gärdes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4555 PubMed 29761035

May 4, 2018

The ΦBT1 large serine recombinase catalyzes DNA integration at pseudo-attB sites in the genus Nocardia

1 citation

363 downloads

1,293 views

Marion Herisse, Jessica L. Porter, Romain Guerillot, Takehiro Tomita, Anders Goncalves Da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear, Sacha J. Pidot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4784 PubMed 29740520

May 4, 2018

Repurposing drugs to fast-track therapeutic agents for the treatment of cryptococcosis

9 citations

372 downloads

1,398 views

Megan Truong, Leigh G. Monahan, Dee A. Carter, Ian G. Charles

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4761 PubMed 29740519

May 1, 2018

Salt marsh sediment bacterial communities maintain original population structure after transplantation across a latitudinal gradient

4 citations

344 downloads