Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 14, 2021

Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation

Akbar Adjie Pratama, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Zhi-Ping Zhong, Jiarong Guo, Dean R. Vik, Maria Consuelo Gazitúa, James M. Wainaina, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11447 PubMed 34178438

June 30, 2021

Biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles: characterization, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm activity against Enterococcus faecalis

Sanjay Miglani, Nobuyuki Tani-Ishii

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11653 PubMed 34249505

June 17, 2021

Shifts in gut and vaginal microbiomes are associated with cancer recurrence time in women with ovarian cancer

David Jacobson, Kathleen Moore, Camille Gunderson, Michelle Rowland, Rita Austin, Tanvi Prasad Honap, Jiawu Xu, Christina Warinner, Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan, Cecil M. Lewis Jr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11574 PubMed 34178459

June 30, 2021

Microbial metagenome-assembled genomes of the Fram Strait from short and long read sequencing platforms

Taylor Priest, Luis H. Orellana, Bruno Huettel, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11721 PubMed 34249520

June 8, 2021

Characterization of the gut microbiota in Chinese children with overweight and obesity using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Xiaowei Chen, Dawei Zhang, Haixiang Sun, Fei Jiang, Yan Shen, Pingmin Wei, Xiaobing Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11439 PubMed 34164233

June 8, 2021

Sex- and age-specific variation of gut microbiota in Brandt’s voles

Xiaoming Xu, Zhibin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11434 PubMed 34164232

June 1, 2021

Vibrio alginolyticus influences quorum sensing-controlled phenotypes of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Panida Paopradit, Natta Tansila, Komwit Surachat, Pimonsri Mittraparp-arthorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11567 PubMed 34141494

June 9, 2021

Current status of Helicobacter pylori resistance to Clarithromycin and Levofloxacin in Malaysia—findings from a molecular based study

Suat Moi Puah, Khean Lee Goh, Heng Kang Ng, Kek Heng Chua

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11518 PubMed 34178444

June 14, 2021

Biological control of important fungal diseases of potato and raspberry by two Bacillus velezensis strains

Anzhela Asaturova, Margarita Shternshis, Vera Tsvetkova, Tatyana Shpatova, Vladislava Maslennikova, Natalya Zhevnova, Anna Homyak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11578 PubMed 34178462

June 24, 2021

Expression of thermophilic two-domain laccase from Catenuloplanes japonicus in Escherichia coli and its activity against triarylmethane and azo dyes

Liubov Igorevna Trubitsina, Azat Vadimovich Abdullatypov, Anna Petrovna Larionova, Ivan Vasilyevich Trubitsin, Sergey Valerievich Alferov, Olga Nikolaevna Ponamoreva, Alexey Arkadyevich Leontievsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11646 PubMed 34221729

June 14, 2021

Chemistry of enzymatic browning in longan fruit as a function of pericarp pH and dehydration and its prevention by essential oil, an alternative approach to SO₂ fumigation

Muhammad Rafiullah Khan, Chongxing Huang, Yasser Durrani, Ali Muhammad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11539 PubMed 34178450

June 28, 2021

Characterization of the microbiome of the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar across the expansion range and comparison with a native co-occurring species

Bárbara Santos, Molly C. Bletz, Joana Sabino-Pinto, Walter Cocca, Jean Francois Solofoniaina Fidy, Karen LM Freeman, Sven Kuenzel, Serge Ndriantsoa, Jean Noel, Tsanta Rakotonanahary, Miguel Vences, Angelica Crottini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11532 PubMed 34249488

June 18, 2021

Dynamics of rumen bacterial composition of yak (Bos grunniens) in response to dietary supplements during the cold season

Anum Ali Ahmad, Jian Bo Zhang, Zeyi Liang, Chao Yang, Qudratullah Kalwar, Tariq Shah, Mei Du, Ishaq Muhammad, Juanshan Zheng, Ping Yan, Xue-Zhi Ding, Ruijun Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11520 PubMed 34178446

June 2, 2021

The gut microbiome of the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) reveals its adaptation to specialized myrmecophagy

Fuhua Zhang, Na Xu, Wenhua Wang, Yishuang Yu, Shibao Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11490 PubMed 34141474

June 28, 2021

Helicobacter pylori prevalence in healthy Mexican children: comparison between two non-invasive methods

Verónica I. Martínez-Santos, Manuel Hernández Catalán, Luis Octavio Ojeda Salazar, Octavio Andrei Orozco Gómez, Sandra Ines Lorenzo, Rayver Santos Gómez, Norma S. Romero-Castro, Roxana Reyes Ríos, Dinorah Nashely Martinez Carrillo, Gloria Fernández-Tilapa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11546 PubMed 34249489

June 30, 2021

Heterogeneity of gut microbial responses in healthy household dogs transitioning from an extruded to a mildly cooked diet

Jirayu Tanprasertsuk, Justin Shmalberg, Heather Maughan, Devon E. Tate, LeeAnn M. Perry, Aashish R. Jha, Ryan W. Honaker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11648 PubMed 34249503

June 21, 2021

Clostridium butyricum relieve the visceral hypersensitivity in mice induced by Citrobacter rodentium infection with chronic stress

Tengfei Wang, Lixiang Li, Shiyang Li, Hongyu Zhao, Junyan Qu, Yanan Xia, Yanqing Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11585 PubMed 34221718

June 21, 2021

Recovery of antimicrobial susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a retrospective, epidemiological analysis in a secondary care hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Yuji Koike, Hiroshi Nishiura