Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 23, 2020

Two new species of Tardigrada from moss cushions (Grimmia sp.) in a xerothermic habitat in northeast Tennessee (USA, North America), with the first identification of males in the genus Viridiscus

Diane R. Nelson, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Roberto Guidetti, Milena Roszkowska, Daria Grobys, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10251 PubMed 33282552

November 16, 2020

Clostridium manihotivorum sp. nov., a novel mesophilic anaerobic bacterium that produces cassava pulp-degrading enzymes

Pattsarun Cheawchanlertfa, Sawannee Sutheeworapong, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Intawat Nookaew, Supapon Cheevadhanarak, Akihiko Kosugi, Patthra Pason, Rattiya Waeonukul, Khanok Ratanakhanokchai, Chakrit Tachaapaikoon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10343 PubMed 33240652

November 30, 2020

Using high-resolution melting to identify Calliphoridae (blowflies) species from Brazil

Pablo Viana Oliveira, Francine Alves Nogueira de Almeida, Magda Delorence Lugon, Karolinni Bianchi Britto, Janyra Oliveira-Costa, Alexandre Rosa Santos, Greiciane Gaburro Paneto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9680 PubMed 33335803

November 18, 2020

Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of genus Hyperacrius (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from Kashmir based on evidences from analysis of mitochondrial genome and study of skull morphology

Natalia I. Abramson, Fedor N. Golenishchev, Semen Yu. Bodrov, Olga V. Bondareva, Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy, Tatyana V. Petrova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10364 PubMed 33240667

November 25, 2020

A morphological and molecular study of Hydrodynastes gigas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), a widespread species from South America

Priscila S. Carvalho, Hussam Zaher, Nelson J. da Silva Jr, Diego J. Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10073 PubMed 33304646