Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 14, 2020

Alteration of the gut microbiota associated with childhood obesity by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Xiaowei Chen, Haixiang Sun, Fei Jiang, Yan Shen, Xin Li, Xueju Hu, Xiaobing Shen, Pingmin Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8317 PubMed 31976177

January 9, 2020

Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on co-inoculation with Bradyrhizobium in soybean crop: a meta-analysis of studies from 1987 to 2018

Douglas M. Zeffa, Lucas H. Fantin, Alessandra Koltun, André L.M. de Oliveira, Maria P.B.A. Nunes, Marcelo G. Canteri, Leandro S.A. Gonçalves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7905 PubMed 31942248

January 6, 2020

The Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation activities and genome analysis of a novel strain Stenotrophomonas sp. Pemsol isolated from Mexico

Temidayo O. Elufisan, Isabel C. Rodríguez-Luna, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Alejandro Sánchez-Varela, Armando Hernández-Mendoza, Edgar Dantán Gonzalez, Alma D. Paz-González, Kashif Muhammad, Gildardo Rivera, Miguel Angel Villalobos-Lopez, Xianwu Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8102 PubMed 31934497

January 27, 2020

Airborne microbial biodiversity and seasonality in Northern and Southern Sweden

Edvin Karlsson, Anna-Mia Johansson, Jon Ahlinder, Moa J. Lundkvist, Navinder J. Singh, Tomas Brodin, Mats Forsman, Per Stenberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8424 PubMed 32025374

January 20, 2020

Organic acids and 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol: major compounds of Weissella confusa WM36 cell-free supernatant against growth, survival and virulence of Salmonella Typhi

Wattana Pelyuntha, Chaiyavat Chaiyasut, Duangporn Kantachote, Sasithorn Sirilun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8410 PubMed 31998561

January 10, 2020

16S rRNA metagenomic analysis of the bacterial community associated with turf grass seeds from low moisture and high moisture climates

Qiang Chen, William A. Meyer, Qiuwei Zhang, James F. White

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8417 PubMed 31942261

January 27, 2020

Effects of precipitation changes on soil bacterial community composition and diversity in the Junggar desert of Xinjiang, China

Ke Wu, Wenxuan Xu, Weikang Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8433 PubMed 32025376

January 16, 2020

Effects of the mycorrhizal fungus Ceratobasidium sp. AR2 on growth and flavonoid accumulation in Anoectochilus roxburghii

Ying Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Shunxing Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8346 PubMed 31988802

January 2, 2020

Bioactivity of compounds secreted by symbiont bacteria of Nudibranchs from Indonesia

Rhesi Kristiana, Gilles Bedoux, Gerard Pals, I. Wayan Mudianta, Laure Taupin, Christel Marty, Meezan Ardhanu Asagabaldan, Diah Ayuningrum, Agus Trianto, Nathalie Bourgougnon, Ocky Karna Radjasa, Agus Sabdono, Muhammad Hanafi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8093 PubMed 31915568

January 24, 2020

New protocol for successful isolation and amplification of DNA from exiguous fractions of specimens: a tool to overcome the basic obstacle in molecular analyses of myxomycetes

Paulina Janik, Michał Ronikier, Anna Ronikier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8406 PubMed 32002333

January 2, 2020

A new p-terphenyl derivative from the insect-derived fungus Aspergillus candidus Bdf-2 and the synergistic effects of terphenyllin

Tijiang Shan, Yuyang Wang, Song Wang, Yunying Xie, Zehua Cui, Chunyin Wu, Jian Sun, Jun Wang, Ziling Mao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8221 PubMed 31915570

January 15, 2020

Comparison of bacterial diversity and abundance between sexes of Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from China

Chunhui Guo, Xin Peng, Xialin Zheng, Xiaoyun Wang, Ruirui Wang, Zongyou Huang, Zhende Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8411 PubMed 31988811

January 29, 2020

Candidal carriage in saliva and subgingival plaque among smokers and non-smokers with chronic periodontitis—a cross-sectional study

Gayathri Santhana Krishnan, Dilip Naik, Ashita Uppoor, Sangeeta Nayak, Shrikala Baliga, Abhiram Maddi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8441 PubMed 32030324

January 20, 2020

Comparative analysis of cutaneous bacterial communities of farmed Rana dybowskii after gentamycin bath

Jia Bie, Qing Tong, Xiaoning Liu, Xianhao Zhang, Hongbin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8430 PubMed 31998565

January 9, 2020

Analysis of the RNA virome of basal hexapods

Sabina Ott Rutar, Dusan Kordis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8336 PubMed 31942257

January 20, 2020

Experimental evaluation of genomic DNA degradation rates for the pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) in bat guano

Jenny Urbina, Tara Chestnut, Donelle Schwalm, Jenn Allen, Taal Levi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8141 PubMed 31998550

January 15, 2020

Bayesian estimation of diagnostic accuracy of fecal culture and PCR-based tests for the detection of Salmonella enterica in California cull dairy cattle

John M. Adaska, Pius S. Ekong, Kristin A. Clothier, Deniece R. Williams, Paul V. Rossitto, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Edward R. Atwill, Xunde Li, Sharif S. Aly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8310 PubMed 31988800

January 28, 2020

Moderation effects of food intake on the relationship between urinary microbiota and urinary interleukin-8 in female type 2 diabetic patients

Fengping Liu, Zongxin Ling, Chulei Tang, Fendi Yi, Yong Q. Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8481 PubMed 32025384

January 6, 2020

Effects of environmental variables on abundance of ammonia-oxidizing communities in sediments of Luotian River, China

Amjed Ginawi, Lixiao Wang, Huading Wang, Bingbing Yu, Yan Yunjun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8256 PubMed 31934502

January 27, 2020

Bacterial inoculations can perturb the growth trajectory of diatoms with an existing microbiome

Lydia J. Baker, Paul F. Kemp