Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 3, 2020

Improved normalization of species count data in ecology by scaling with ranked subsampling (SRS): application to microbial communities

2 citations

378 downloads

2,314 views

Lukas Beule, Petr Karlovsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9593 PubMed 32832266

August 25, 2020

The role of textiles as fomites in the healthcare environment: a review of the infection control risk

2 citations

343 downloads

1,859 views

Lucy Owen, Katie Laird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9790 PubMed 32904371

August 26, 2020

In silico functional prediction of hypothetical proteins from the core genome of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis

2 citations

302 downloads

845 views

Carlos Leonardo Araújo, Iago Blanco, Luciana Souza, Sandeep Tiwari, Lino César Pereira, Preetam Ghosh, Vasco Azevedo, Artur Silva, Adriana Folador

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9643 PubMed 32913672

August 4, 2020

Regional distribution of Christensenellaceae and its associations with metabolic syndrome based on a population-level analysis

2 citations

273 downloads

626 views

Xiang Li, Zewen Li, Yan He, Pan Li, Hongwei Zhou, Nianyi Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9591 PubMed 32832265

August 11, 2020

Evaluation of computational methods for human microbiome analysis using simulated data

2 citations

217 downloads

1,034 views

Matthieu J. Miossec, Sandro L. Valenzuela, Marcos Pérez-Losada, W. Evan Johnson, Keith A. Crandall, Eduardo Castro-Nallar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9688 PubMed 32864214

August 14, 2020

Effects of Origanum vulgare essential oil and its two main components, carvacrol and thymol, on the plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea

1 citation

492 downloads

858 views

Huiyu Hou, Xueying Zhang, Te Zhao, Lin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9626 PubMed 32864206

August 19, 2020

Comparative assessment of single-stage and two-stage anaerobic digestion for biogas production from high moisture municipal solid waste

1 citation

216 downloads

947 views

Wattananarong Markphan, Chonticha Mamimin, Wantanasak Suksong, Poonsuk Prasertsan, Sompong O-Thong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9693 PubMed 32879796

August 14, 2020

Phytotoxin synthesis genes and type III effector genes of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 6 are regulated by culture conditions

1 citation

156 downloads

612 views

Karin Hirose, Yasuhiro Ishiga, Takashi Fujikawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9697 PubMed 32864217

August 3, 2020

Gut microbiota of obese and diabetic Thai subjects and interplay with dietary habits and blood profiles

439 downloads

1,289 views

Lucsame Gruneck, Niwed Kullawong, Kongkiat Kespechara, Siam Popluechai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9622 PubMed 32832269

August 14, 2020

Multi-omics analysis to examine microbiota, host gene expression and metabolites in the intestine of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) with different growth performance

389 downloads

1,084 views

Tanaporn Uengwetwanit, Umaporn Uawisetwathana, Sopacha Arayamethakorn, Juthatip Khudet, Sage Chaiyapechara, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri, Wanilada Rungrassamee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9646 PubMed 32864208

August 17, 2020

Microbiome dynamics in the tissue and mucus of acroporid corals differ in relation to host and environmental parameters

366 downloads

1,633 views

Giulia M. Marchioro, Bettina Glasl, Aschwin H. Engelen, Ester A. Serrão, David G. Bourne, Nicole S. Webster, Pedro R. Frade

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9644 PubMed 32874778

August 13, 2020

Effects of Sr^2 + on the preparation of Escherchia coli DH5α competent cells and plasmid transformation

305 downloads

415 views

Yonggang Wang, Xinjian Wang, Linmiao Yu, Yuan Tian, Shaowei Li, Feifan Leng, Jianzhong Ma, Jixiang Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9480

August 11, 2020

Antibacterial activity and mechanism of sanguinarine against Providencia rettgeri in vitro

280 downloads

570 views

Qian Zhang, Yansi Lyu, Jingkai Huang, Xiaodong Zhang, Na Yu, Ziping Wen, Si Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9543 PubMed 32864203

August 12, 2020

Whole-genome characterisation of multidrug resistant monophasic variants of Salmonella Typhimurium from pig production in Thailand

261 downloads

669 views

Prapas Patchanee, Prawitchaya Tanamai, Phacharaporn Tadee, Matthew D. Hitchings, Jessica K. Calland, Samuel K. Sheppard, Dethaloun Meunsene, Ben Pascoe, Pakpoom Tadee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9700

August 18, 2020

The vaginal microbiome of sub-Saharan African women: revealing important gaps in the era of next-generation sequencing

223 downloads

922 views

Nkechi Martina Odogwu, Oladapo O. Olayemi, Akinyinka O. Omigbodun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9684 PubMed 32879794

August 18, 2020

Uncovering the microbiome of invasive sympatric European brown hares and European rabbits in Australia

203 downloads

1,166 views

Somasundhari Shanmuganandam, Yiheng Hu, Tanja Strive, Benjamin Schwessinger, Robyn N. Hall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9564 PubMed 32874776

August 26, 2020

Spatial distribution of microbial communities among colonies and genotypes in nursery-reared Acropora cervicornis

201 downloads

1,343 views

Nicole Miller, Paul Maneval, Carrie Manfrino, Thomas K. Frazer, Julie L. Meyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9635 PubMed 32913671

August 28, 2020

Distribution, evolution and expression of GATA-TFs provide new insights into their functions in light response and fruiting body development of Tolypocladium guangdongense

185 downloads

610 views

Chenghua Zhang, Gangzheng Wang, Wangqiu Deng, Taihui Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9784 PubMed 32923181

August 12, 2020

Prevalence of and risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection in a Latin American region

175 downloads

827 views

Javier Andrés Bustamante-Rengifo, Luz Ángela González-Salazar, Nicole Osorio-Certuche, Yesica Bejarano-Lozano, José Rafael Tovar Cuevas, Miryam Astudillo-Hernández, Maria del Pilar Crespo-Ortiz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9429

August 19, 2020

The antifungal activity of vapour phase of odourless thymol derivate

160 downloads

508 views

Róbert Kubinec, Jaroslav Blaško, Paulína Galbavá, Helena Jurdáková, Jana Sadecká, Domenico Pangallo, Mária Bučková, Andrea Puškárová

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9601 PubMed 32879789

August 3, 2020

Molecular mechanism underlying the effect of illumination time on the growth performance of broilers via changes in the intestinal bacterial community

160 downloads

459 views

Yongfen Wang, Zhen Zhang, Pengkun Yang, Miaorui Zhang, Lei Xi, Qiong Liu, Jingang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9638 PubMed 32832271

August 31, 2020

Mimicking prophage induction in the body: induction in the lab with pH gradients

157 downloads

629 views

Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Andrea Garretto, Nicole Stark, Catherine Putonti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9718 PubMed 32944418

August 7, 2020

High antibody titres induced by protein subunit vaccines using Mycobacterium ulcerans antigens Hsp18 and MUL_3720 with a TLR-2 agonist fail to protect against Buruli ulcer in mice

155 downloads

552 views

Kirstie M. Mangas, Nicholas J. Tobias, Estelle Marion, Jérémie Babonneau, Laurent Marsollier, Jessica L. Porter, Sacha J. Pidot, Chinn Yi Wong, David C. Jackson, Brendon Y. Chua, Timothy P. Stinear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9659 PubMed 32844063

August 3, 2020

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum RS66CD biofilm in high-salt conditions and planktonic cells

151 downloads

656 views

Xiaolin Ao, Jiawei Zhao, Junling Yan, Shuliang Liu, Ke Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9639 PubMed 32832272

August 27, 2020

Effects of supplementation levels of Allium fistulosum L. extract on in vitro ruminal fermentation characteristics and methane emission

144 downloads

537 views

Jun Sik Eom, Shin Ja Lee, Yejun Lee, Hyun Sang Kim, You Young Choi, Hyeong Suk Kim, Do Hyung Kim, Sung Sill Lee