Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 20, 2020

Effects of biodegradable plastic film mulching on soil microbial communities in two agroecosystems

Sreejata Bandopadhyay, Henry Y. Sintim, Jennifer M. DeBruyn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9015 PubMed 32341903

April 15, 2020

Isolation and identification of flavonoid-producing endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Conyza blinii H.Lév that exhibit higher antioxidant and antibacterial activities

Zizhong Tang, Yinsheng Wang, Jingyu Yang, Yirong Xiao, Yi Cai, Yujun Wan, Hui Chen, Huipeng Yao, Zhi Shan, Chenglei Li, Gang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8978 PubMed 32328352

April 22, 2020

Production of cupcake-like dessert containing microbial biosurfactant as an emulsifier

Ivison A. Silva, Bruno O. Veras, Beatriz G. Ribeiro, Jaciana S. Aguiar, Jenyffer M. Campos Guerra, Juliana M. Luna, Leonie A. Sarubbo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9064 PubMed 32351793

April 17, 2020

CoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content

Maxime Borry, Bryan Cordova, Angela Perri, Marsha Wibowo, Tanvi Prasad Honap, Jada Ko, Jie Yu, Kate Britton, Linus Girdland-Flink, Robert C. Power, Ingelise Stuijts, Domingo C. Salazar-García, Courtney Hofman, Richard Hagan, Thérèse Samdapawindé Kagoné, Nicolas Meda, Helene Carabin, David Jacobson, Karl Reinhard, Cecil Lewis, Aleksandar Kostic, Choongwon Jeong, Alexander Herbig, Alexander Hübner, Christina Warinner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9001 PubMed 32337106

April 6, 2020

Diversity of rhizosphere and endophytic fungi in Atractylodes macrocephala during continuous cropping

Bo Zhu, Jianjun Wu, Qingyong Ji, Wei Wu, Shihui Dong, Jiayan Yu, Qiaoyan Zhang, Luping Qin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8905 PubMed 32292655

April 13, 2020

Response of organic carbon mineralization and bacterial communities to soft rock additions in sandy soils

Zhen Guo, Jichang Han, Juan Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8948 PubMed 32322443

April 24, 2020

Ursolic acid improves the bacterial community mapping of the intestinal tract in liver fibrosis mice

Sizhe Wan, Chenkai Huang, Anjiang Wang, Xuan Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9050 PubMed 32355580

April 22, 2020

Population structure and microbial community diversity of two common tetillid sponges in a tropical reef lagoon

Jake Ivan P. Baquiran, Michael Angelou L. Nada, Niño Posadas, Dana P. Manogan, Patrick C. Cabaitan, Cecilia Conaco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9017 PubMed 32351788

April 8, 2020

Synthetic dietary inulin, Fuji FF, delays development of diet-induced obesity by improving gut microbiota profiles and increasing short-chain fatty acid production

Miki Igarashi, Miku Morimoto, Asuka Suto, Akiho Nakatani, Tetsuhiko Hayakawa, Kenjirou Hara, Ikuo Kimura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8893 PubMed 32296608

April 21, 2020

Dynamics of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers in response to compost addition in black soil, Northeast China

Zhongzan Yang, Yupeng Guan, Ayodeji Bello, Yanxiang Wu, Jiayi Ding, Leiqi Wang, Yuqing Ren, Guangxin Chen, Wei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8844 PubMed 32341890

April 9, 2020

Kati Sundström, Pashupati P. Mishra, Mikko J. Pyysalo, Terho Lehtimäki, Pekka J. Karhunen, Tanja Pessi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8799 PubMed 32296599

April 28, 2020

Long-term continuously monocropped peanut significantly changed the abundance and composition of soil bacterial communities

Mingna Chen, Hu Liu, Shanlin Yu, Mian Wang, Lijuan Pan, Na Chen, Tong Wang, Xiaoyuan Chi, Binghai Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9024 PubMed 32377450

April 6, 2020

Genetic editing of the virulence gene of Escherichia coli using the CRISPR system

Meijia Hou, Simeng Sun, Qizheng Feng, Xiumei Dong, Ping Zhang, Bo Shi, Jiali Liu, Dongfang Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8881 PubMed 32292652

April 23, 2020

“Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis”, a Rickettsiales bacterium, can be transiently transferred from the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium to the planarian Dugesia japonica

Letizia Modeo, Alessandra Salvetti, Leonardo Rossi, Michele Castelli, Franziska Szokoli, Sascha Krenek, Valentina Serra, Elena Sabaneyeva, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Sergei I. Fokin, Franco Verni, Giulio Petroni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8977 PubMed 32351785

April 13, 2020

Dynamic changes in intestinal microbiota in young forest musk deer during weaning

Yimeng Li, Minghui Shi, Tianxiang Zhang, Xin Hu, Baofeng Zhang, Shanghua Xu, Jianhong Ding, Defu Hu, Shuqiang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8923 PubMed 32322440

April 6, 2020

Draft genome of Rosenbergiella nectarea strain 8N4^T provides insights into the potential role of this species in its plant host

Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Ido Izhaki, William B. Whitman, Nicole Shapiro, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Malka Halpern

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8822 PubMed 32292647

April 16, 2020

Distinct gene expression and secondary metabolite profiles in suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses2 (spr2) tomato mutants having impaired mycorrhizal colonization

Kena Casarrubias-Castillo, Josaphat M. Montero-Vargas, Nicole Dabdoub-González, Robert Winkler, Norma A. Martinez-Gallardo, Julia Zañudo-Hernández, Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut, John P. Délano-Frier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8888 PubMed 32337100

April 28, 2020

Impact of Phellinus gilvus mycelia on growth, immunity and fecal microbiota in weaned piglets

Yuqing Sun, Shi Zhong, Bo Deng, Qinsheng Jin, Jie Wu, Jinxi Huo, Jianxun Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Yougui Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9067 PubMed 32377455

April 21, 2020

Expression of 1B capsid protein of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) using baculovirus expression system and its validation in detecting SAT 2- specific antisera

Wael Elmenofy, Ismail Mohamed, Lamiaa El-Gaied, Reda Salem, Gamal Osman, Mohamed Ibrahim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8946 PubMed 32341896

April 3, 2020

Prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among children in Kuichong Subdistrict of Shenzhen City, China

Jingjing Hu, Xiangyu Wang, Eng Guan Chua, Yongsheng He, Qing Shu, Li Zeng, Shiyang Luo, Barry J. Marshall, Aijun Liu, Chin Yen Tay