Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 9, 2021

Enhanced soluble sugar content in tomato fruit using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated SlINVINH1 and SlVPE5 gene editing

Baike Wang, Ning Li, Shaoyong Huang, Jiahui Hu, Qiang Wang, Yaping Tang, Tao Yang, Patiguli Asmutola, Juan Wang, Qinghui Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12478 PubMed 34820200

November 19, 2021

Commercial utilities and future perspective of nanomedicines

Rishabha Malviya, Shivkanya Fuloria, Swati Verma, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Kathiresan V. Sathasivam, Vinoth Kumarasamy, Darnal Hari Kumar, Shalini Vellasamy, Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi, Shikha Yadav, Akanksha Sharma, Neeraj Kumar Fuloria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12392 PubMed 34820175

November 15, 2021

Fighting SARS-CoV-2 with green seaweed Ulva sp. extract: extraction protocol predetermines crude ulvan extract anti-SARS-CoV-2 inhibition properties in in vitro Vero-E6 cells assay

Shai Shefer, Arthur Robin, Alexander Chemodanov, Mario Lebendiker, Robert Bostwick, Lynn Rasmussen, Michael Lishner, Michael Gozin, Alexander Golberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12398 PubMed 34820178

November 25, 2021

Removal of heavy oil from contaminated surfaces with a detergent formulation containing biosurfactants produced by Pseudomonas spp.

Charles Bronzo B. Farias, Rita de Cássia F. Soares da Silva, Fabíola Carolina G. Almeida, Valdemir A. Santos, Leonie A. Sarubbo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12518 PubMed 34900433

November 1, 2021

Degradation of lignocelluloses in straw using AC-1, a thermophilic composite microbial system

Hongdou Liu, Liqiang Zhang, Yu Sun, Guangbo Xu, Weidong Wang, Renzhe Piao, Zongjun Cui, Hongyan Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12364 PubMed 34760379

November 24, 2021

Genome-wide QTL mapping of yield and agronomic traits in two widely adapted winter wheat cultivars from multiple mega-environments

Smit Dhakal, Xiaoxiao Liu, Chenggen Chu, Yan Yang, Jackie C. Rudd, Amir M.H. Ibrahim, Qingwu Xue, Ravindra N. Devkota, Jason A. Baker, Shannon A. Baker, Bryan E. Simoneaux, Geraldine B. Opena, Russell Sutton, Kirk E. Jessup, Kele Hui, Shichen Wang, Charles D. Johnson, Richard P. Metz, Shuyu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12350 PubMed 34900409

November 16, 2021

Construction of an AI-2 quorum sensing induced heterologous protein expression system in Escherichia coli

Fei Shang, Hui Wang, Dan Zhang, Wenhui Wang, Jiangliu Yu, Ting Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12497 PubMed 34820206

November 1, 2021

Co-culturing Hyphomicrobium nitrativorans strain NL23 and Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens strain JAM1 allows sustainable denitrifying activities under marine conditions

Alexandra Cucaita, Marianne Piochon, Richard Villemur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12424 PubMed 34760396

November 30, 2021

Stress-regulated elements in Lotus spp., as a possible starting point to understand signalling networks and stress adaptation in legumes

Ana B. Menéndez, Oscar Adolfo Ruiz