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August 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures

Dr. Keisha Bahr surveying a healthy coral colony

August 7, 2018

Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures

Scientists replicated a landmark study to determine changes in coral sea temperature tolerance over time. In the three species of Hawaiian corals retested, bleaching occurred later, with higher survivorship and growth rates than the same species of corals in 1970. However, scientists warn that temperatures are rising faster than corals can change.

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August 8, 2018

Denoising the Denoisers: an independent evaluation of microbiome sequence error-correction approaches

Jacob T. Nearing, Gavin M. Douglas, André M. Comeau, Morgan G.I. Langille

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5364 PubMed 30123705

August 10, 2018

A meta-analysis reveals the environmental and host factors shaping the structure and function of the shrimp microbiota

Fernanda Cornejo-Granados, Luigui Gallardo-Becerra, Miriam Leonardo-Reza, Juan Pablo Ochoa-Romo, Adrian Ochoa-Leyva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5382 PubMed 30128187

August 10, 2018

The effects of fermentation products of prebiotic fibres on gut barrier and immune functions in vitro

Van T. Pham, Nicole Seifert, Nathalie Richard, Daniel Raederstorff, Robert E. Steinert, Kevin Prudence, M. Hasan Mohajeri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5288 PubMed 30128177

August 14, 2018

Variation in the leaf and root microbiome of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) at an elevational range limit

Jessica Wallace, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Steven W. Kembel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5293 PubMed 30128178

August 28, 2018

Compositional and predicted functional analysis of the gut microbiota of Radix auricularia (Linnaeus) via high-throughput Illumina sequencing

Zongfu Hu, Xi Chen, Jie Chang, Jianhua Yu, Qing Tong, Shuguo Li, Huaxin Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5537 PubMed 30186698

August 24, 2018

The relationship between phylogenetic classification, virulence and antibiotic resistance of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in İzmir province, Turkey

Elif Bozcal, Vahap Eldem, Sohret Aydemir, Mikael Skurnik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5470 PubMed 30155366

August 6, 2018

Occurrence of virulent multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in the pigs, farmers and farm environments in Malaysia

Shiang Chiet Tan, Chun Wie Chong, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Peck Toung Ooi, Kwai Lin Thong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5353 PubMed 30123701

August 3, 2018

Patterns in evolutionary origins of heme, chlorophyll a and isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic pathways suggest non-photosynthetic periods prior to plastid replacements in dinoflagellates

Eriko Matsuo, Yuji Inagaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5345 PubMed 30083465

August 6, 2018

Assessing the capability of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in tandem with chemometric analysis for predicting poultry meat spoilage

Ubaid ur Rahman, Amna Sahar, Imran Pasha, Sajjad ur Rahman, Anum Ishaq

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5376 PubMed 30123708

August 30, 2018

Rhizobacterial communities of five co-occurring desert halophytes

Yan Li, Yan Kong, Dexiong Teng, Xueni Zhang, Xuemin He, Yang Zhang, Guanghui Lv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5508 PubMed 30186688

August 27, 2018

Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA and mfa1 fimbrial genotypes in subgingival plaques

Keiji Nagano, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Yura Iijima, Takeshi Kikuchi, Akio Mitani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5581 PubMed 30186705

August 27, 2018

NMR structure of the C-terminal domain of TonB protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Jesper S. Oeemig, O.H. Samuli Ollila, Hideo Iwaï

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5412 PubMed 30186676

August 17, 2018

Influence of hydrolysis rate of urea on ruminal bacterial diversity level and cellulolytic bacteria abundance in vitro

Pengpeng Wang, Shengguo Zhao, Xuemei Nan, Di Jin, Jiaqi Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5475 PubMed 30128212

August 23, 2018

Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serotypes recovered throughout the beef production chain and from patients with salmonellosis

Mauricio Realpe-Quintero, Jeannette Barba-León, Julia A. Pérez-Montaño, Carlos Pacheco-Gallardo, Delia González-Aguilar, Rosa M. Dominguez-Arias, Elisa Cabrera-Diaz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5482 PubMed 30155367

August 22, 2018

Fine-scale differentiation between Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus group signatures in metagenome shotgun data

Robert A. Petit III, James M. Hogan, Matthew N. Ezewudo, Sandeep J. Joseph, Timothy D. Read

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5515 PubMed 30155371