Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 11, 2021

Diversity of microbes colonizing forages of varying lignocellulose properties in the sheep rumen

Mohammad Farhad Vahidi, Javad Gharechahi, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Xue-Zhi Ding, Jian-Lin Han, Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10463 PubMed 33510967

January 13, 2021

Improved salt tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd. contributed by Pseudomonas sp. strain M30-35

Deyu Cai, Ying Xu, Fei Zhao, Yan Zhang, Huirong Duan, Xiaonong Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10702 PubMed 33520465

January 5, 2021

Bacterial meta-analysis of chicken cecal microbiota

Luis Alberto Chica Cardenas, Viviana Clavijo, Martha Vives, Alejandro Reyes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10571 PubMed 33505795

January 6, 2021

Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli from healthy children in rural Gambia

Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Golam Sarwar, Catherine Okoi, Peggy-Estelle Maguiagueu Tientcheu, Marianne Defernez, Justin O’Grady, Martin Antonio, Mark J. Pallen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10572 PubMed 33505796

January 8, 2021

Microbial community structure in aquifers associated with arsenic: analysis of 16S rRNA and arsenite oxidase genes

Prinpida Sonthiphand, Pasunun Rattanaroongrot, Kasarnchon Mek-yong, Kanthida Kusonmano, Chalida Rangsiwutisak, Pichahpuk Uthaipaisanwong, Srilert Chotpantarat, Teerasit Termsaithong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10653 PubMed 33510973

January 19, 2021

Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on juvenile bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem

Robert S. Spaan, Clinton W. Epps, Rachel Crowhurst, Donald Whittaker, Mike Cox, Adam Duarte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10710 PubMed 33552728

January 13, 2021

Antibiotic prescription practices and attitudes towards the use of antimicrobials among veterinarians in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Ronita Samuels, Daniel Nenene Qekwana, James W. Oguttu, Agricola Odoi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10144 PubMed 33520429

January 22, 2021

Prebiotic supplementation effect on Escherichia coli and Salmonella species associated with experimentally induced intestinal coccidiosis in rabbits

Shawky M. Aboelhadid, Shaymaa Hashem, El-Sayed Abdel-Kafy, Lilian N. Mahrous, Eman M. Farghly, Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Baki, Saleh Al-Quraishy, Asmaa A. Kamel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10714 PubMed 33552731

January 13, 2021

Genome-wide comparison of four MRSA clinical isolates from Germany and Hungary

Romen Singh Naorem, Jochen Blom, Csaba Fekete

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10185 PubMed 33520430

January 4, 2021

In vitro anticandidal activity and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) screening of Vitex agnus-castus leaf extracts

Ibtisam Mohammed Ababutain, Azzah Ibrahim Alghamdi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10561 PubMed 33505793

January 19, 2021

Bacterial contamination of Nigerian currency notes: A comparative analysis of different denominations recovered from local food vendors

Chigozie E. Ofoedu, Jude O. Iwouno, Ijeoma M. Agunwah, Perpetual Z. Obodoechi, Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, Małgorzata Korzeniowska