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January 2019

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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 25, 2019

Isolation of wheat bran-colonizing and metabolizing species from the human fecal microbiota

5 citations

673 downloads

2,775 views

Kim De Paepe, Joran Verspreet, Mohammad Naser Rezaei, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Filip Meysman, Davy Van de Walle, Koen Dewettinck, Jeroen Raes, Christophe Courtin, Tom Van de Wiele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6293 PubMed 30701133

January 16, 2019

Targeted inactivation of Salmonella Agona metabolic genes by group II introns and in vivo assessment of pathogenicity and anti-tumour activity in mouse model

1 citation

400 downloads

1,109 views

Chin Piaw Gwee, Chai Hoon Khoo, Swee Keong Yeap, Geok Chin Tan, Yoke Kqueen Cheah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5989 PubMed 30671294

January 14, 2019

Identification and characterization of capsule depolymerase Dpo48 from Acinetobacter baumannii phage IME200

13 citations

604 downloads