Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 30, 2019

Analysis of the spike, ORF3, and nucleocapsid genes of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus circulating on Thai swine farms, 2011–2016

419 downloads

978 views

Supansa Tuanthap, Sompong Vongpunsawad, Cherdpong Phupolphan, Ausanee Duang-in, Suphot Wattanaphansak, Pornchalit Assavacheep, Apiradee Theamboonlers, Supol Luengyosluechakul, Alongkorn Amonsin, Yong Poovorawan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6843 PubMed 31106060

April 30, 2019

Captivity causes taxonomic and functional convergence of gut microbial communities in bats

1 citation

1,505 downloads

1,798 views

Yanhong Xiao, Guohong Xiao, Heng Liu, Xin Zhao, Congnan Sun, Xiao Tan, Keping Sun, Sen Liu, Jiang Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6844 PubMed 31106061

April 30, 2019

Exploring the transcriptome of luxI⁻ and ΔainS mutants and the impact of N-3-oxo-hexanoyl-L- and N-3-hydroxy-decanoyl-L-homoserine lactones on biofilm formation in Aliivibrio salmonicida

345 downloads

1,072 views

Miriam Khider, Hilde Hansen, Erik Hjerde, Jostein A. Johansen, Nils Peder Willassen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6845 PubMed 31106062

April 26, 2019

MorphoCatcher: a multiple-alignment based web tool for target selection and designing taxon-specific primers in the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method

221 downloads

817 views

Fedor V. Shirshikov, Yuri A. Pekov, Konstantin A. Miroshnikov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6801 PubMed 31086739

April 25, 2019

Diatom identification including life cycle stages through morphological and texture descriptors

1 citation

510 downloads

1,065 views

Carlos Sánchez, Gabriel Cristóbal, Gloria Bueno

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6770 PubMed 31086732

April 25, 2019

Long-read viral metagenomics captures abundant and microdiverse viral populations and their niche-defining genomic islands

7 citations

1,070 downloads

4,285 views

Joanna Warwick-Dugdale, Natalie Solonenko, Karen Moore, Lauren Chittick, Ann C. Gregory, Michael J. Allen, Matthew B. Sullivan, Ben Temperton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6800 PubMed 31086738

April 24, 2019

Transcriptional analysis reveals the metabolic state of Burkholderia zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3 during methyl parathion degradation

462 downloads

980 views

María Luisa Castrejón-Godínez, Ma. Laura Ortiz-Hernández, Emmanuel Salazar, Sergio Encarnación, Patricia Mussali-Galante, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez, Enrique Sánchez-Salinas, Alexis Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6822 PubMed 31086743

April 19, 2019

Physiological responses of Oxyrrhis marina to a diet of virally infected Emiliania huxleyi

328 downloads

820 views

Andrew G. Goode, David M. Fields, Stephen D. Archer, Joaquín Martínez Martínez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6722 PubMed 31041150

April 19, 2019

Using Ipomoea aquatic as an environmental-friendly alternative to Elodea nuttallii for the aquaculture of Chinese mitten crab

509 downloads

707 views

Linlin Shi, Meijuan Jin, Mingxing Shen, Changying Lu, Haihou Wang, Xingwei Zhou, Lijuan Mei, Shixue Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6785 PubMed 31041154

April 18, 2019

Bacterial community composition and diversity of two different forms of an organic residue of bioenergy crop

295 downloads

606 views

Matheus A.P. Cipriano, Afnan K.A. Suleiman, Adriana P.D. da Silveira, Janaína B. do Carmo, Eiko E. Kuramae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6768 PubMed 31024771

April 17, 2019

Validation of Plasmodium falciparum deoxyhypusine synthase as an antimalarial target

418 downloads

784 views

Aiyada Aroonsri, Navaporn Posayapisit, Jindaporn Kongsee, Onsiri Siripan, Danoo Vitsupakorn, Sugunya Utaida, Chairat Uthaipibull, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Philip J. Shaw

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6713 PubMed 31024761

April 17, 2019

Understanding the NaCl-dependent behavior of hydrogen production of a marine bacterium, Vibrio tritonius

193 downloads

692 views

Nurhidayu Al-saari, Eri Amada, Yuta Matsumura, Mami Tanaka, Sayaka Mino, Tomoo Sawabe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6769 PubMed 31024772

April 16, 2019

The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea

491 downloads

2,173 views

Marike Palmer, Stephanus N. Venter, Alistair R. McTaggart, Martin P.A. Coetzee, Stephanie Van Wyk, Juanita R. Avontuur, Chrizelle W. Beukes, Gerda Fourie, Quentin C. Santana, Magriet A. Van Der Nest, Jochen Blom, Emma T. Steenkamp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6698 PubMed 31024760

April 12, 2019

The prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in healthy captive ophidian

522 downloads

937 views

Andrea Sala, Francesco Di Ianni, Igor Pelizzone, Mara Bertocchi, Davide Santospirito, Francesco Rogato, Sara Flisi, Costanza Spadini, Tiziano Iemmi, Emanuele Moggia, Enrico Parmigiani, Sandro Cavirani, Simone Taddei, Clotilde S. Cabassi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6706 PubMed 30997288

April 12, 2019

Upstream sequence-dependent suppression and AtxA-dependent activation of protective antigens in Bacillus anthracis

1 citation

222 downloads

861 views

Kochi Toyomane, Yoshikazu Furuta, Daisuke Fujikura, Hideaki Higashi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6718 PubMed 30997291

April 10, 2019

virMine: automated detection of viral sequences from complex metagenomic samples

1 citation

736 downloads

2,768 views

Andrea Garretto, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Catherine Putonti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6695 PubMed 30993039

April 5, 2019

Efficacy and potential of phage therapy against multidrug resistant Shigella spp.

1 citation

363 downloads

987 views

Swee-Seong Tang, Sudhangshu Kumar Biswas, Wen Siang Tan, Ananda Kumar Saha, Bey-Fen Leo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6225 PubMed 30984476

April 5, 2019

Properties of a cryptic lysyl oxidase from haloarchaeon Haloterrigena turkmenica

163 downloads

865 views

Nikolay B. Pestov, Daniel V. Kalinovsky, Tatyana D. Larionova, Alia Z. Zakirova, Nikolai N. Modyanov, Irina A. Okkelman, Tatyana V. Korneenko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6691 PubMed 30984480

April 4, 2019

Noninvasive and safe cell viability assay for Euglena gracilis using natural food pigment

394 downloads

1,226 views

Kyohei Yamashita, Koji Yamada, Kengo Suzuki, Eiji Tokunaga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6636 PubMed 30976462

April 3, 2019

A longitudinal study of the faecal microbiome and metabolome of periparturient mares

490 downloads

1,082 views

Shebl E. Salem, Rachael Hough, Chris Probert, Thomas W. Maddox, Philipp Antczak, Julian M. Ketley, Nicola J. Williams, Sarah J. Stoneham, Debra C. Archer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6687 PubMed 30976468

April 2, 2019

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome causes cutaneous dysbacteriosis in hybrid snakehead (Channa maculata♀ × Channa argus♂)

2 citations

306 downloads

605 views

Zhifei Li, Guangjun Wang, Kai Zhang, Wangbao Gong, Ermeng Yu, Jingjing Tian, Jun Xie, Deguang Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6674 PubMed 30972254

April 1, 2019

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal microbiome differs with diet in a wild population

3 citations

513 downloads