Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 18, 2022

Seasonal variations in the composition and diversity of gut microbiota in white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris)

Zhangqiang You, Jing Deng, Jialin Liu, Junhua Fu, Huan Xiong, Wei Luo, Jianli Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13753 PubMed 35873913

July 25, 2022

The immunomodulatory potential of phage therapy to treat acne: a review on bacterial lysis and immunomodulation

Juan Farfán, John M. Gonzalez, Martha Vives

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13553 PubMed 35910763

July 19, 2022

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management’s influence on soil food web community structure for: increasing pasture forage production, soil organic carbon, and reducing soil respiration rates in southeastern USA ranches

David C. Johnson, Richard Teague, Steven Apfelbaum, Ry Thompson, Peter Byck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13750 PubMed 35873909

July 28, 2022

Maize-peanut rotational strip intercropping improves peanut growth and soil properties by optimizing microbial community diversity

Yi Han, Qiqi Dong, Kezhao Zhang, Dejian Sha, Chunji Jiang, Xu Yang, Xibo Liu, He Zhang, Xiaoguang Wang, Feng Guo, Zheng Zhang, Shubo Wan, Xinhua Zhao, Haiqiu Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13777 PubMed 35919403

July 21, 2022

FastANI, Mash and Dashing equally differentiate between Klebsiella species

Julie E. Hernández-Salmerón, Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13784 PubMed 35891643

July 21, 2022

The function of small RNA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pei Liu, Changwu Yue, Lihua Liu, Can Gao, Yuhong Lyu, Shanshan Deng, Hongying Tian, Xu Jia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13738 PubMed 35891650

July 26, 2022

Biogas slurry application alters soil properties, reshapes the soil microbial community, and alleviates root rot of Panax notoginseng

Chengxian Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Changmei Wang, Xingling Zhao, Kai Wu, Bin Yang, Fang Yin, Wudi Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13770 PubMed 35910762

July 8, 2022

Optimizing human coronavirus OC43 growth and titration

Christopher Savoie, Roger Lippé

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13721 PubMed 35833016

July 20, 2022

Escherichia coli transcription factors of unknown function: sequence features and possible evolutionary relationships

Isabel Duarte-Velázquez, Javier de la Mora, Jorge Humberto Ramírez-Prado, Alondra Aguillón-Bárcenas, Fátima Tornero-Gutiérrez, Eugenia Cordero-Loreto, Fernando Anaya-Velázquez, Itzel Páramo-Pérez, Ángeles Rangel-Serrano, Sergio Rodrigo Muñoz-Carranza, Oscar Eduardo Romero-González, Luis Rafael Cardoso-Reyes, Ricardo Alberto Rodríguez-Ojeda, Héctor Manuel Mora-Montes, Naurú Idalia Vargas-Maya, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Bernardo Franco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13772 PubMed 35880217

July 15, 2022

Structural and functional characteristics of soil microbial community in a Pinus massoniana forest at different elevations

Jian Zhang, Ming Xu, Xiao Zou, Jin Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13504 PubMed 35860041

July 15, 2022

The efficacy of commercial decontamination agents differs between standardised test settings and research laboratory usage for a variety of bacterial species

Benedict Uy, Hannah Read, Shara van de Pas, Rebecca Marnane, Francesca Casu, Simon Swift, Siouxsie Wiles

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13646 PubMed 35860043

July 8, 2022

Multi-locus evaluation of gastrointestinal bacterial communities from Zalophus californianus pups in the Gulf of California, México

David Ramirez-Delgado, Francesco Cicala, Ricardo A. Gonzalez-Sanchez, Rosalia Avalos-Tellez, Elena Solana-Arellano, Alexei Licea-Navarro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13235 PubMed 35833012

July 20, 2022

Effects of growing Coptis chinensis Franch in the natural understory vs. under a manmade scaffold on its growth, alkaloid contents, and rhizosphere soil microenvironment

Yu Wang, Yu R. Mo, Jun Tan, Li X. Wu, Yuan Pan, Xia D. Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13676 PubMed 35880218

July 13, 2022

Insights into mobile genetic elements and the role of conjugative plasmid in transferring aminoglycoside resistance in extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii AB329

Supat Khongfak, Rapee Thummeepak, Udomluk Leungtongkam, Kannipa Tasanapak, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Sutthirat Sitthisak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13718 PubMed 35855908

July 29, 2022

Algae from Aiptasia egesta are robust representations of Symbiodiniaceae in the free-living state

Shumpei Maruyama, Julia R. Unsworth, Valeri Sawiccy, Virginia M. Weis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13796 PubMed 35923894

July 4, 2022

Curcumin effect on Acanthamoeba triangularis encystation under nutrient starvation

Rachasak Boonhok, Suthinee Sangkanu, Suganya Phumjan, Ramita Jongboonjua, Nawarat Sangnopparat, Pattamaporn Kwankaew, Aman Tedasen, Chooi Ling Lim, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Mohammed Rahmatullah, Polrat Wilairatana, Christophe Wiart, Karma G. Dolma, Alok K. Paul, Madhu Gupta, Veeranoot Nissapatorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13657 PubMed 35811814

July 28, 2022

Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Oman: resistance-conferring mutations and lineage diversity

Sara Al Mahrouqi, Amal Gadalla, Saleh Al Azri, Salama Al-Hamidhi, Amina Al-Jardani, Abdullah Balkhair, Amira Al-fahdi, Laila Al Balushi, Samiya Al Zadjali, Asmahan Mohammed Nasser Al Marhoubi, Hamza A. Babiker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13645 PubMed 35919400

July 19, 2022

Engineering a tunable bicistronic TetR autoregulation expression system in Gluconobacter oxydans

Monica Bertucci, Ky Ariano, Meg Zumsteg, Paul Schweiger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13639 PubMed 35873911

July 21, 2022

Variability within a clonal population of Erwinia amylovora disclosed by phenotypic analysis

Rafael J. Mendes, Conceição Amaro, João Pedro Luz, Fernando Tavares, Conceição Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13695 PubMed 35891645

July 1, 2022

Genetic diversity of enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus strains in coriander in southwestern Mexico

Daniel Alexander Castulo-Arcos, Roberto Adame-Gómez, Natividad Castro-Alarcón, Aketzalli Galán-Luciano, María Cristina Santiago Dionisio, Marco A. Leyva-Vázquez, Jose-Humberto Perez-Olais, Jeiry Toribio-Jiménez, Arturo Ramirez-Peralta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13667 PubMed 35795180

July 8, 2022

Identification and subcellular localization analysis of membrane protein Ycf 1 in the microsporidian Nosema bombycis

Yong Chen, Erjun Wei, Ying Chen, Ping He, Runpeng Wang, Qiang Wang, Xudong Tang, Yiling Zhang, Feng Zhu, Zhongyuan Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13530 PubMed 35833014

July 12, 2022

Cyclocytidine hydrochloride inhibits the synthesis of relaxed circular DNA of hepatitis B virus

Xue Wang, Yihan Xiao, Zhigang Cui, Zongxin Li, Lihua Li, Lixian Wu, Feifei Yin, Xiuji Cui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13719 PubMed 35846878

July 25, 2022

Microbial communities associated with mounds of the Orange-footed scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt

Karla Cardenas Gomez, Alea Rose, Karen Susanne Gibb, Keith A. Christian