Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 4, 2018

Diversity of NC10 bacteria associated with sediments of submerged Potamogeton crispus (Alismatales: Potmogetonaceae)

Binghan Wang, Shanshan Huang, Liangmao Zhang, Jianwei Zhao, Guanglong Liu, Yumei Hua, Wenbing Zhou, Duanwei Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6041 PubMed 30533317

December 14, 2018

Comparing enzyme activity modifier equations through the development of global data fitting templates in Excel

Ryan Walsh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6082 PubMed 30581673

December 11, 2018

Changes in intentional binding effect during a novel perceptual-motor task

Shu Morioka, Kazuki Hayashida, Yuki Nishi, Sayaka Negi, Yuki Nishi, Michihiro Osumi, Satoshi Nobusako

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6066 PubMed 30581668

December 11, 2018

Plant-derived chimeric antibodies inhibit the invasion of human fibroblasts by Toxoplasma gondii

Sherene Swee Yin Lim, Kek Heng Chua, Greta Nölke, Holger Spiegel, Wai Leong Goh, Sek Chuen Chow, Boon Pin Kee, Rainer Fischer, Stefan Schillberg, Rofina Yasmin Othman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5780 PubMed 30581655

December 21, 2018

Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Arge bella Wei & Du sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Argidae)

Shiyu Du, Gengyun Niu, Tommi Nyman, Meicai Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6131 PubMed 30595984

December 4, 2018

Mesquite bugs, other insects, and a bat in the diet of pallid bats in southeastern Arizona

Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Katrina L. Menard, William D. Peachey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6065 PubMed 30533321

December 3, 2018

Coral disease prevalence estimation and sampling design

Eric Jordán-Dahlgren, Adán G. Jordán-Garza, Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6006 PubMed 30533304

December 4, 2018

Saproxylic Diptera assemblages in a temperate deciduous forest: implications for community assembly

Julia J. Mlynarek, Amélie Grégoire Taillefer, Terry A. Wheeler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6027 PubMed 30533313

December 6, 2018

Association of urinary activity of MMP-9 with renal impairment in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Alan Uriel García-Tejeda, Clara Luz Sampieri, Irene Suárez-Torres, Jaime Morales-Romero, Verónica Patricia Demeneghi-Marini, Magda Elena Hernández-Hernández, Arturo Rodríguez-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6067 PubMed 30564523

December 3, 2018

NCR3 polymorphism, haematological parameters, and severe malaria in Senegalese patients

Alassane Thiam, Sabrina Baaklini, Babacar Mbengue, Samia Nisar, Maryam Diarra, Sandrine Marquet, Mouhamadou Mansour Fall, Michel Sanka, Fatou Thiam, Rokhaya Ndiaye Diallo, Magali Torres, Alioune Dieye, Pascal Rihet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6048 PubMed 30533319

December 5, 2018

Simultaneous preservation of the DNA quality, the community composition and the density of freshwater oligochaetes for the development of genetically based biological indices

Régis Vivien, Inge Werner, Benoit J.D. Ferrari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6050 PubMed 30568859

December 20, 2018

Fuyuanichthys wangi gen. et sp. nov. from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of China highlights the early diversification of ginglymodian fishes

Guang-Hui Xu, Xin-Ying Ma, Yi Ren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6054 PubMed 30595977

December 7, 2018

Bait-attending amphipods of the Tonga Trench and depth-stratified population structure in the scavenging amphipod Hirondellea dubia Dahl, 1959

James P.A. Wilson, Kareen E. Schnabel, Ashley A. Rowden, Rachael A. Peart, Hiroshi Kitazato, Ken G. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5994 PubMed 30568853

December 13, 2018

Acute effects of contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching of hip abductors and adductors on dynamic balance

Rafał Szafraniec, Krystyna Chromik, Amanda Poborska, Adam Kawczyński

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6108 PubMed 30581683

December 10, 2018

Characterization and comparative genomic analysis of virulent and temperate Bacillus megaterium bacteriophages

Abdoallah Sharaf, Miroslav Oborník, Adel Hammad, Sohair El-Afifi, Eman Marei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5687 PubMed 30581654

December 3, 2018

Compatibility between object size and response side in grasping: the left hand prefers smaller objects, the right hand prefers larger objects

Christian Seegelke, Peter Wühr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6026 PubMed 30533312

December 10, 2018

Nayan Bhatt, Varadhan SKM

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6078 PubMed 30581672

December 13, 2018

Characterization of five complete Cyrtodactylus mitogenome structures reveals low structural diversity and conservation of repeated sequences in the lineage

Prapatsorn Areesirisuk, Narongrit Muangmai, Kirati Kunya, Worapong Singchat, Siwapech Sillapaprayoon, Sorravis Lapbenjakul, Watcharaporn Thapana, Attachai Kantachumpoo, Sudarath Baicharoen, Budsaba Rerkamnuaychoke, Surin Peyachoknagul, Kyudong Han, Kornsorn Srikulnath

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6121 PubMed 30581685

December 3, 2018

In-situ incubation of a coral patch for community-scale assessment of metabolic and chemical processes on a reef slope

Steven M.A.C. van Heuven, Alice E. Webb, Didier M. de Bakker, Erik Meesters, Fleur C. van Duyl, Gert-Jan Reichart, Lennart J. de Nooijer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5966 PubMed 30533295

December 3, 2018

Characterization of bacterioplankton communities and quantification of organic carbon pools off the Galapagos Archipelago under contrasting environmental conditions

Nataly Carolina Guevara Campoverde, Christiane Hassenrück, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Astrid Gärdes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5984 PubMed 30533298

December 4, 2018

Molecular evolution and expression divergence of three key Met biosynthetic genes in plants: CGS, HMT and MMT

Man Zhao, Wenyi Wang, Lei Wei, Peng Chen, Fengjie Yuan, Zhao Wang, Xiangxian Ying