Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 13, 2020

Upper-room ultraviolet air disinfection might help to reduce COVID-19 transmission in buildings: a feasibility study

1 citation

1,124 downloads

3,098 views

Clive B. Beggs, Eldad J. Avital

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10196 PubMed 33083158

October 7, 2020

COVID-19: molecular and serological detection methods

2 citations

1,258 downloads

2,771 views

Ahmed E. Dhamad, Muna A. Abdal Rhida

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10180 PubMed 33083156

October 30, 2020

Biases in genome reconstruction from metagenomic data

419 downloads

1,962 views

William C. Nelson, Benjamin J. Tully, Jennifer M. Mobberley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10119 PubMed 33194386

October 29, 2020

Polylactic acid as a suitable material for 3D printing of protective masks in times of COVID-19 pandemic

274 downloads

1,302 views

Eva Vaňková, Petra Kašparová, Josef Khun, Anna Machková, Jaroslav Julák, Michal Sláma, Jan Hodek, Lucie Ulrychová, Jan Weber, Klára Obrová, Karin Kosulin, Thomas Lion, Vladimír Scholtz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10259 PubMed 33194427

October 27, 2020

The Bacteria Genome Pipeline (BAGEP): an automated, scalable workflow for bacteria genomes with Snakemake

181 downloads

1,085 views

Idowu B. Olawoye, Simon D.W. Frost, Christian T. Happi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10121 PubMed 33194387

October 20, 2020

Isolation and sequence-based characterization of a koala symbiont: Lonepinella koalarum

139 downloads

1,064 views

Katherine E. Dahlhausen, Guillaume Jospin, David A. Coil, Jonathan A. Eisen, Laetitia G.E. Wilkins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10177 PubMed 33150080

October 21, 2020

De novo species identification using 16S rRNA gene nanopore sequencing

184 downloads

959 views

Inga Leena Angell, Morten Nilsen, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Gunilla Hedlin, Christine M. Jonassen, Benjamin Marsland, Björn Nordlund, Eva Maria Rehbinder, Carina Saunders, Håvard Ove Skjerven, Anne Cathrine Staff, Cilla Söderhäll, Riyas Vettukattil, Knut Rudi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10029 PubMed 33150059

October 1, 2020

Connectivity of bacterial assemblages along the Loa River in the Atacama Desert, Chile

191 downloads

948 views

Ana Zárate, Cristina Dorador, Ruben Araya, Mariela Guajardo, July Z. Florez, Gonzalo Icaza, Diego Cornejo, Jorge Valdés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9927 PubMed 33062423

October 5, 2020

Fecal microbiota in client-owned obese dogs changes after weight loss with a high-fiber-high-protein diet

179 downloads

847 views

Sandra Bermudez Sanchez, Rachel Pilla, Benjamin Sarawichitr, Alessandro Gramenzi, Fulvio Marsilio, Joerg M. Steiner, Jonathan A. Lidbury, Georgiana R.T. Woods, Alexander J. German, Jan S. Suchodolski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9706 PubMed 33083100

October 8, 2020

Isolation, growth, and nitrogen fixation rates of the Hemiaulus-Richelia (diatom-cyanobacterium) symbiosis in culture

197 downloads

796 views

Amy E. Pyle, Allison M. Johnson, Tracy A. Villareal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10115 PubMed 33083143

October 7, 2020

Lactobacillus johnsonii BS15 improves intestinal environment against fluoride-induced memory impairment in mice—a study based on the gut–brain axis hypothesis

164 downloads

656 views

Jinge Xin, Dong Zeng, Hesong Wang, Ning Sun, Abdul Khalique, Ying Zhao, Liqian Wu, Kangcheng Pan, Bo Jing, Xueqin Ni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10125 PubMed 33083147

October 16, 2020

Broad spectrum antimicrobial activities from spore-forming bacteria isolated from the Vietnam Sea

137 downloads

649 views

Khanh Minh Chau, Dong Van Quyen, Joshua M. Fraser, Andrew T. Smith, Thi Thu Hao Van, Robert J. Moore

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10117 PubMed 33088622

October 16, 2020

High-throughput analysis of adaptation using barcoded strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

168 downloads

615 views

Vincent J. Fasanello, Ping Liu, Carlos A. Botero, Justin C. Fay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10118 PubMed 33088623

October 21, 2020

Comparison of the diversity of cultured and total bacterial communities in marine sediment using culture-dependent and sequencing methods

171 downloads

535 views

Meng Wang, Samina Noor, Ran Huan, Congling Liu, JiaYi Li, Qingxin Shi, Yan-Jiao Zhang, Cuiling Wu, Hailun He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10060 PubMed 33150062

October 20, 2020

Isolation and evolutionary analyses of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in Asia

146 downloads

532 views

Wan Liang, Danna Zhou, Chao Geng, Keli Yang, Zhengying Duan, Rui Guo, Wei Liu, Fangyan Yuan, Zewen Liu, Ting Gao, Ling Zhao, Dongwan Yoo, Yongxiang Tian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10114 PubMed 33150069

October 21, 2020

Small-scale distribution of microbes and biogeochemistry in the Great Barrier Reef

129 downloads

522 views

Cátia Carreira, Júlia Porto Silva Carvalho, Samantha Talbot, Isabel Pereira, Christian Lønborg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10049 PubMed 33150061

October 5, 2020

Description of a new member of the family Erysipelotrichaceae: Dakotella fusiforme gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from healthy human feces

136 downloads

514 views

Sudeep Ghimire, Supapit Wongkuna, Joy Scaria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10071 PubMed 33083133

October 21, 2020

Vegetation drives the structure of active microbial communities on an acidogenic mine tailings deposit

144 downloads

489 views

Vanessa Gagnon, Michaël Rodrigue-Morin, Julien Tremblay, Jessica Wasserscheid, Julie Champagne, Jean-Philippe Bellenger, Charles W. Greer, Sébastien Roy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10109 PubMed 33150067

October 27, 2020

Optimised biomolecular extraction for metagenomic analysis of microbial biofilms from high-mountain streams

121 downloads

439 views

Susheel Bhanu Busi, Paraskevi Pramateftaki, Jade Brandani, Stilianos Fodelianakis, Hannes Peter, Rashi Halder, Paul Wilmes, Tom J. Battin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9973 PubMed 33194372

October 29, 2020

The invasive red-eared slider turtle is more successful than the native Chinese three-keeled pond turtle: evidence from the gut microbiota

118 downloads

429 views

Yan-Fu Qu, Yan-Qing Wu, Yu-Tian Zhao, Long-Hui Lin, Yu Du, Peng Li, Hong Li, Xiang Ji