Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 6, 2021

Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture

Rachel Gilroy, Anuradha Ravi, Maria Getino, Isabella Pursley, Daniel L. Horton, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Dave Baker, Karim Gharbi, Neil Hall, Mick Watson, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Sheikh Jarju, Arss Secka, Martin Antonio, Aharon Oren, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Roberto La Ragione, Falk Hildebrand, Mark J. Pallen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10941 PubMed 33868800

April 1, 2021

Liraglutide-induced structural modulation of the gut microbiota in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Junjie Shang, Fang Liu, Bing Zhang, Kunlun Dong, Man Lu, Rongfeng Jiang, Yue Xu, Le Diao, Jiangman Zhao, Hui Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11128 PubMed 33850659

April 16, 2021

Antifungal properties of volatile organic compounds produced by Daldinia eschscholtzii MFLUCC 19-0493 isolated from Barleria prionitis leaves against Colletotrichum acutatum and its post-harvest infections on strawberry fruits

Sarunpron Khruengsai, Patcharee Pripdeevech, Chutima Tanapichatsakul, Chanin Srisuwannapa, Priya Esilda D’Souza, Parinya Panuwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11242 PubMed 33959421

April 16, 2021

Evaluation potential of PGPR to protect tomato against Fusarium wilt and promote plant growth

Rizwana begum Syed Nabi, Raheem Shahzad, Rupesh Tayade, Muhammad Shahid, Adil Hussain, Muhammad Waqas Ali, Byung-Wook Yun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11194 PubMed 33959416

April 15, 2021

Diversity patterns and drivers of soil microbial communities in urban and suburban park soils of Shanghai, China

Weiwei Zhang, Jigang Han, Haibing Wu, Qicheng Zhong, Wen Liu, Shanwen He, Lang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11231 PubMed 33959419

April 7, 2021

Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species

Surendra Vikram, Joel D. Arneodo, Javier Calcagno, Maximiliano Ortiz, Maria Laura Mon, Clara Etcheverry, Don A. Cowan, Paola Talia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10959 PubMed 33868801

April 2, 2021

A total of 219 metagenome-assembled genomes of microorganisms from Icelandic marine waters

Clara Jégousse, Pauline Vannier, René Groben, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Viggó Marteinsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11112 PubMed 33859876

April 22, 2021

Soil microbial diversity in organic and non-organic pasture systems

Mohan Acharya, Amanda J. Ashworth, Yichao Yang, Joan M. Burke, Jung Ae Lee, Roshani Sharma Acharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11184 PubMed 33981494

April 8, 2021

Measuring change in biological communities: multivariate analysis approaches for temporal datasets with low sample size

Hannah L. Buckley, Nicola J. Day, Bradley S. Case, Gavin Lear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11096 PubMed 33889442

April 9, 2021

Optimal extraction, purification and antioxidant activity of total flavonoids from endophytic fungi of Conyza blinii H. Lév

Shuheng Zhao, Xulong Wu, Xiaoyu Duan, Caixia Zhou, Zhiqiao Zhao, Hui Chen, Zizhong Tang, Yujun Wan, Yirong Xiao, Hong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11223 PubMed 33889449

April 6, 2021

The effects of vegetable pickling conditions on the dynamics of microbiota and metabolites

Kazunori Sawada, Hitoshi Koyano, Nozomi Yamamoto, Takuji Yamada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11123 PubMed 33868815

April 20, 2021

Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on California dairies: descriptive and cluster analyses of AMR phenotype of fecal commensal bacteria isolated from adult cows

Essam M. Abdelfattah, Pius S. Ekong, Emmanuel Okello, Tapakorn Chamchoy, Betsy M. Karle, Randi A. Black, David Sheedy, Wagdy R. ElAshmawy, Deniece R. Williams, Daniela Califano, Luis Fernando Durán Tovar, Jonathan Ongom, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Barbara A. Byrne, Sharif S. Aly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11108 PubMed 33976962

April 30, 2021

Cinnamaldehyde inhibits the growth of Phytophthora capsici through disturbing metabolic homoeostasis

Yinan Wang, Mengke Wang, Min Li, Te Zhao, Lin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11339 PubMed 33987017

April 8, 2021

spa diversity of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in clinical strains from Malaysia: a high prevalence of invasive European spa-type t032

Sherry Usun Jones, Kek Heng Chua, Ching Hoong Chew, Chew Chieng Yeo, Fatimah Haslina Abdullah, Norlela Othman, Boon Pin Kee, Suat Moi Puah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11195 PubMed 33889447

April 23, 2021

Marine microalgae co-cultured with floc-forming bacterium: Insight into growth and lipid productivity

Chin Sze Yee, Victor Tosin Okomoda, Fakriah Hashim, Khor Waiho, Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah, Cosmas Alamanjo, Hassimi Abu Hasan, Emienour Muzalina Mustafa, Nor Azman Kasan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11217 PubMed 33981498

April 20, 2021

Anti-atherosclerotic vaccination against Porphyromonas gingivalis as a potential comparator of statin in mice

Hyun-Su Ha, Tae Young Kim, Soo Jung Han, Hak-Joon Sung, Kyoung Yul Seo, Jong-Won Ha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11293 PubMed 33976982

April 22, 2021

The antimicrobial activity of silver acetate against Acinetobacter baumannii in a Galleria mellonella infection model

Eden Mannix-Fisher, Samantha McLean

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11196 PubMed 33981496

April 15, 2021

Bioinformatics analysis for the identification of differentially expressed genes and related signaling pathways in H. pylori-CagA transfected gastric cancer cells

Dingyu Chen, Chao Li, Yan Zhao, Jianjiang Zhou, Qinrong Wang, Yuan Xie