Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 31, 2018

IFN-γ and IL-5 whole blood response directed against mycolactone polyketide synthase domains in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

1 citation

248 downloads

1,334 views

Aloysius D. Loglo, Michael Frimpong, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Fred Sarfo, Francisca N. Sarpong, Bernadette Agbavor, Justice K. Boakye-Appiah, Kabiru M. Abass, Mathias Dongyele, Margaret Frempong, Sacha Pidot, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Timothy P. Stinear, Virginie Roupie, Kris Huygen, Richard O. Phillips

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5294 PubMed 30090691

July 31, 2018

Rapid multi-locus sequence typing direct from uncorrected long reads using Krocus

4 citations

297 downloads

1,761 views

Andrew J. Page, Jacqueline A. Keane

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5233 PubMed 30083440

July 30, 2018

BTW—Bioinformatics Through Windows: an easy-to-install package to analyze marker gene data

1 citation

234 downloads

1,496 views

Daniel Morais, Luiz F.W. Roesch, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Fausto G. Santos, Petr Baldrian, Fernando D. Andreote, Victor S. Pylro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5299 PubMed 30083449

July 27, 2018

Bovine milk derived skimmed milk powder and whey protein concentrate modulates Citrobacter rodentium shedding in the mouse intestinal tract

2 citations

332 downloads

961 views

Julie Cakebread, Alison Hodgkinson, Olivia Wallace, Megan Callaghan, Daralyn Hurford, Robert Wieliczko, Paul Harris, Brendan Haigh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5359 PubMed 30065896

July 26, 2018

Metal complexation by histidine-rich peptides confers protective roles against cadmium stress in Escherichia coli as revealed by proteomics analysis

2 citations

273 downloads

880 views

Patcharee Isarankura-Na-Ayudhya, Chadinee Thippakorn, Supitcha Pannengpetch, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Chartchalerm Isarankura-Na-Ayudhya, Nipawan Bunmee, Suchitra Sawangnual, Virapong Prachayasittikul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5245 PubMed 30065864

July 25, 2018

In vitro activities of antifungals alone and in combination with tigecycline against Candida albicans biofilms

2 citations

307 downloads

769 views

Mayram Hacioglu, Ayse Seher Birteksoz Tan, Sibel Dosler, Nese Inan, Gulten Otuk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5263 PubMed 30065873

July 20, 2018

Trends in bacterial and fungal communities in ant nests observed with Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques—validity and compatibility in ecological studies

5 citations

294 downloads

1,061 views

Stafva Lindström, Owen Rowe, Sari Timonen, Liselotte Sundström, Helena Johansson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5289 PubMed 30042898

July 17, 2018

Marine cyanolichens from different littoral zones are associated with distinct bacterial communities

343 downloads

1,354 views

Nyree J. West, Delphine Parrot, Claire Fayet, Martin Grube, Sophie Tomasi, Marcelino T. Suzuki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5208 PubMed 30038864

July 17, 2018

Short and long-term effects of a synbiotic on clinical signs, the fecal microbiome, and metabolomic profiles in healthy research cats receiving clindamycin: a randomized, controlled trial

3 citations

369 downloads

1,949 views

Jacqueline C. Whittemore, Jennifer E. Stokes, Nicole L. Laia, Joshua M. Price, Jan S. Suchodolski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5130 PubMed 30038854

July 16, 2018

Biases during DNA extraction affect characterization of the microbiota associated with larvae of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

5 citations

358 downloads

1,399 views

Ming Xue, Liyou Wu, Yaoyao He, Huafang Liang, Chongqing Wen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5257 PubMed 30038871

July 12, 2018

Cloning, purification and characterization of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase from Pleurotus tuoliensis

2 citations

303 downloads

1,047 views

Xiangli Wu, Zhihao Hou, Chenyang Huang, Qiang Chen, Wei Gao, Jinxia Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5230 PubMed 30013854

July 12, 2018

Patterns of triclosan resistance in Vibrionaceae

168 downloads

876 views

Keri A. Lydon, Megan J. Robertson, Erin K. Lipp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5170 PubMed 30013840

July 12, 2018

Ecological and molecular characterization of a coral black band disease outbreak in the Red Sea during a bleaching event

4 citations

309 downloads

1,314 views

Ghaida Hadaidi, Maren Ziegler, Amanda Shore-Maggio, Thor Jensen, Greta Aeby, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5169 PubMed 30013839

July 12, 2018

Minimizing confounders and increasing data quality in murine models for studies of the gut microbiome

10 citations

362 downloads

1,572 views

Jun Miyoshi, Vanessa Leone, Kentaro Nobutani, Mark W. Musch, Kristina Martinez-Guryn, Yunwei Wang, Sawako Miyoshi, Alexandria M. Bobe, A. Murat Eren, Eugene B. Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5166 PubMed 30013837

July 11, 2018

MIRU-profiler: a rapid tool for determination of 24-loci MIRU-VNTR profiles from assembled genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

5 citations

381 downloads

1,198 views

Rahim Rajwani, Sheeba Shehzad, Gilman Kit Hang Siu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5090 PubMed 30018852

July 10, 2018

Taxonomic annotation errors incorrectly assign the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae to the order Vibrionales in Greengenes: implications for microbial community assessments

2 citations

253 downloads