Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 30, 2021

Lyophilized cell-free supernatants of Lactobacillus isolates exhibited antibiofilm, antioxidant, and reduces nitric oxide activity in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells

Phoomjai Sornsenee, Moragot Chatatikun, Watcharapong Mitsuwan, Kantapich Kongpol, Nateelak Kooltheat, Sasirat Sohbenalee, Supawita Pruksaphanrat, Amron Mudpan, Chonticha Romyasamit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12586 PubMed 34909285

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 4, 2021

Phage strategies facilitate bacterial coexistence under environmental variability

Esther Voigt, Björn C. Rall, Antonis Chatzinotas, Ulrich Brose, Benjamin Rosenbaum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12194 PubMed 34760346

November 2, 2021

Punicalagin, a pomegranate compound, induces apoptosis and autophagy in acute leukemia

Paweena Subkorn, Chosita Norkaew, Kamolchanok Deesrisak, Dalina Tanyong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12303 PubMed 34760363

November 9, 2021

Physical activity and socio-economic status of single and married urban adults: a cross-sectional study

Daniel Puciato, Michał Rozpara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12466 PubMed 34820193

November 29, 2021

Whole-limb scaling of muscle mass and force-generating capacity in amniotes

Peter J. Bishop, Mark A. Wright, Stephanie E. Pierce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12574 PubMed 34909284

November 24, 2021

Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint

Karol Daszkiewicz, Piotr Łuczkiewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12509 PubMed 34900428

November 10, 2021

Multi-omic characterization of the thermal stress phenome in the stony coral Montipora capitata

Amanda Williams, Jananan S. Pathmanathan, Timothy G. Stephens, Xiaoyang Su, Eric N. Chiles, Dennis Conetta, Hollie M. Putnam, Debashish Bhattacharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12335 PubMed 34824906

November 15, 2021

Environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring metazoan biodiversity in Antarctic nearshore ecosystems

Laurence J. Clarke, Leonie Suter, Bruce E. Deagle, Andrea M. Polanowski, Aleks Terauds, Glenn J. Johnstone, Jonathan S. Stark

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12458 PubMed 34820189

November 3, 2021

Integrative analysis of Iso-Seq and RNA-seq data reveals transcriptome complexity and differentially expressed transcripts in sheep tail fat

Zehu Yuan, Ling Ge, Jingyi Sun, Weibo Zhang, Shanhe Wang, Xiukai Cao, Wei Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12454 PubMed 34760406

November 22, 2021

Applications of the indole-alkaloid gramine modulate the assembly of individual members of the barley rhizosphere microbiota

Mauro Maver, Carmen Escudero-Martinez, James Abbott, Jenny Morris, Pete E. Hedley, Tanja Mimmo, Davide Bulgarelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12498 PubMed 34900424

November 11, 2021

Transcriptome analysis and functional identification of GmMYB46 in soybean seedlings under salt stress

Xun Liu, Xinxia Yang, Bin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12492 PubMed 34824922

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 29, 2021

Influence of soil amendment of different concentrations of amino acid water-soluble fertilizer on physiological characteristics, yield and quality of “Hangjiao No.2” Chili Pepper

Emily Patience Bakpa, Jianming Xie, Jing Zhang, Kangning Han, Yufeng Ma, Tiandong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12472 PubMed 34909271

November 19, 2021

Climate change favours connectivity between virus-bearing pest and rice cultivations in sub-Saharan Africa, depressing local economies

Mattia Iannella, Walter De Simone, Paola D’Alessandro, Maurizio Biondi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12387 PubMed 34820174

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 26, 2021

Nutritional properties of selected superfood extracts and their potential health benefits

Jacqueline P. Barsby, James M. Cowley, Shalem Y. Leemaqz, Jessica A. Grieger, Daniel R. McKeating, Anthony V. Perkins, Susan E. P. Bastian, Rachel A. Burton, Tina Bianco-Miotto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12525 PubMed 34900436

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 16, 2021

Identification of the Golden-2-like transcription factors gene family in Gossypium hirsutum

Zilin Zhao, Jiaran Shuang, Zhaoguo Li, Huimin Xiao, Yuling Liu, Tao Wang, Yangyang Wei, Shoulin Hu, Sumei Wan, Renhai Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12484 PubMed 34820202

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 2, 2021

Parallel power posterior analyses for fast computation of marginal likelihoods in phylogenetics

Sebastian Höhna, Michael J. Landis, John P. Huelsenbeck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12438 PubMed 34760401

November 24, 2021

The structure and functional profile of ruminal microbiota in young and adult reindeers (Rangifer tarandus) consuming natural winter-spring and summer-autumn seasonal diets

Elena Yildirim, Larisa Ilina, Georgy Laptev, Valentina Filippova, Evgeni Brazhnik, Timur Dunyashev, Andrey Dubrovin, Natalia Novikova, Daria Tiurina, Nikolay Tarlavin, Kasim Laishev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12389 PubMed 34900412

November 25, 2021

Biogeographic evidence supports the Old Amazon hypothesis for the formation of the Amazon fluvial system

Karen Méndez-Camacho, Omar Leon-Alvarado, Daniel R. Miranda-Esquivel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12533 PubMed 34900439

November 11, 2021

Habitat connectivity and resource selection in an expanding bobcat (Lynx rufus) population

Viorel D. Popescu, Madeline Kenyon, Ryan K. Brown, Marissa A. Dyck, Suzanne Prange, William E. Peterman, Catherine Dennison

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12460 PubMed 34824917

November 30, 2021

First characterization of the probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria isolated from Costa Rican pineapple silages

Jannette Wen Fang Wu Wu, Mauricio Redondo-Solano, Lidieth Uribe, Rodolfo WingChing-Jones, Jessie Usaga, Natalia Barboza