Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

March 9, 2022

Environmental enrichment changes rabbits’ behavior, serum hormone level and further affects cecal microbiota

Yang Feng, Huimei Fan, Xue Liang, Xiaofeng Wang, Guoyan Gao, Shuangbao Gun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13068 PubMed 35287345

March 3, 2022

Hurricane María drives increased indoor proliferation of filamentous fungi in San Juan, Puerto Rico: a two-year culture-based approach

Lorraine N. Vélez-Torres, Benjamín Bolaños-Rosero, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Felix E. Rivera-Mariani, Juan P. Maestre, Kerry Kinney, Humberto Cavallin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12730 PubMed 35261816

March 8, 2022

Comparison of the composition and function of gut microbes between adult and juvenile Cipangopaludina chinensis in the rice snail system

Kangqi Zhou, Junqi Qin, Haifeng Pang, Zhong Chen, Yin Huang, Wenhong Li, Xuesong Du, Luting Wen, Xianhui Pan, Yong Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13042 PubMed 35282274

March 22, 2022

The dynamics of circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages in Bogor and surrounding areas reflect variant shifting during the first and second waves of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Anggia Prasetyoputri, Anik B. Dharmayanthi, Syam B. Iryanto, Ade Andriani, Isa Nuryana, Andri Wardiana, Asep M. Ridwanuloh, Sri Swasthikawati, Hariyatun Hariyatun, Herjuno A. Nugroho, Idris Idris, Indriawati Indriawati, Zahra Noviana, Listiana Oktavia, Yuliawati Yuliawati, Masrukhin Masrukhin, Erwin F. Hasrianda, Linda Sukmarini, Fahrurrozi Fahrurrozi, Nova Dilla Yanthi, Alfi T. Fathurahman, Ari S. Wulandari, Ruby Setiawan, Syaiful Rizal, Ahmad Fathoni, Wien Kusharyoto, Puspita Lisdiyanti, Ratih A. Ningrum, Sugiyono Saputra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13132 PubMed 35341058

March 16, 2022

Inhibition of Connexin 43 reverses ox-LDL-mediated inhibition of autophagy in VSMC by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway

Xuqing Qin, Wenjun He, Rui Yang, Luqian Liu, Yingying Zhang, Li Li, Junqiang Si, Xinzhi Li, Ketao Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12969 PubMed 35313522

March 23, 2022

ATP11A promotes EMT by regulating Numb PRR^L in pancreatic cancer cells

Lin Chen, Jingtong Tang, Weiwei Sheng, Jian Sun, Yuteng Ma, Ming Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13172 PubMed 35345586

March 8, 2022

A bZIP transcription factor, PqbZIP1, is involved in the plant defense response of American ginseng

Shanshan Yang, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Ximei Zhang, Yanmeng Bi, Weiwei Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12939 PubMed 35282281

March 24, 2022

Benchmarking metagenomics classifiers on ancient viral DNA: a simulation study

Yami Ommar Arizmendi Cárdenas, Samuel Neuenschwander, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12784 PubMed 35356467

March 25, 2022

Crop damage by vertebrates in Latin America: current knowledge and potential future management directions

Adrián Alejandro Cuesta Hermira, Fernanda Michalski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13185 PubMed 35356474

March 1, 2022

SEPALLATA-like genes of Isatis indigotica can affect the architecture of the inflorescences and the development of the floral organs

Yan-Qin Ma, Zuo-Qian Pu, Xiao-Min Tan, Qi Meng, Kai-Li Zhang, Liu Yang, Ye-Ye Ma, Xuan Huang, Zi-Qin Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13034 PubMed 35251790

March 1, 2022

Remarkable genomic diversity among Escherichia isolates recovered from healthy chickens

Nicholas M. Thomson, Rachel Gilroy, Maria Getino, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Arnoud H.M. van Vliet, Roberto M. La Ragione, Mark J. Pallen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12935 PubMed 35251780

March 15, 2022

Freeze-drying can replace cold-chains for transport and storage of fecal microbiome samples

Hanna M. Bensch, Conny Tolf, Jonas Waldenström, Daniel Lundin, Markus Zöttl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13095 PubMed 35310158

March 16, 2022

A SNP variation in an expansin (EgExp4) gene affects height in oil palm

Suthasinee Somyong, Phakamas Phetchawang, Abdulloh Kafa Bihi, Chutima Sonthirod, Wasitthee Kongkachana, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Nukoon Jomchai, Wirulda Pootakham, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13046 PubMed 35313525

March 25, 2022

Are Toxoplasma-infected subjects more attractive, symmetrical, or healthier than non-infected ones? Evidence from subjective and objective measurements

Javier I. Borráz-León, Markus J. Rantala, Indrikis A. Krams, Ana Lilia Cerda-Molina, Jorge Contreras-Garduño

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13122 PubMed 35356475

March 24, 2022

First fossil-leaf floras from Brunei Darussalam show dipterocarp dominance in Borneo by the Pliocene

Peter Wilf, Xiaoyu Zou, Michael P. Donovan, László Kocsis, Antonino Briguglio, David Shaw, JW Ferry Slik, Joseph J. Lambiase

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12949 PubMed 35356469

March 11, 2022

A review of the opportunities to support pollinator populations in South African cities

Peta Brom, Les G. Underhill, Kevin Winter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12788 PubMed 35295555

March 29, 2022

NanoForms: an integrated server for processing, analysis and assembly of raw sequencing data of microbial genomes, from Oxford Nanopore technology

Anna Czmil, Michal Wronski, Sylwester Czmil, Marta Sochacka-Pietal, Michal Cmil, Jan Gawor, Tomasz Wołkowicz, Dariusz Plewczynski, Dominik Strzalka, Michal Pietal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13056 PubMed 35368340

March 10, 2022

A versatile isothermal amplification assay for the detection of leptospires from various sample types

Shuhaidah Othman, Pui-Yuei Lee, Jia-Yong Lam, Noraini Philip, Nurul Natasya Azhari, Norliza Bahtiar Affendy, Siti Norbaya Masri, Vasantha Kumari Neela, Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Hui-Yee Chee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12850 PubMed 35291487

March 1, 2022

Production of single cell oil by Yarrowia lipolytica JCM 2320 using detoxified desiccated coconut residue hydrolysate

Muhammad Fakhri Zainuddin, Chong Kar Fai, Mohd Shamzi Mohamed, Nor ’Aini Abdul Rahman, Murni Halim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12833 PubMed 35251776

March 21, 2022

Relationship between circadian genes and memory impairment caused by sleep deprivation