Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 13, 2023

Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches

Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Nicolás Tinoco, Horacio Zeballos, Jorge Brito, Daniela Arenas-Viveros, David Marín-C, José Daniel Ramírez-Fernández, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Jr., Thomas E. Lee, Sergio Solari, Javier Colmenares-Pinzon, Carlos Nivelo, Bernal Rodríguez Herrera, William Merino, Cesar E. Medina, Oscar Murillo-García, Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14319 PubMed 36655048

January 11, 2023

Taxonomic review of Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1823) (Primates, Callitrichidae), and description of a new species

Gerson Paulino Lopes, Fábio Rohe, Fabrício Bertuol, Erico Polo, Ivan Junqueira Lima, João Valsecchi, Tamily Carvalho Melo Santos, Stephen D. Nash, Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva, Jean P. Boubli, Izeni Pires Farias, Tomas Hrbek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14526 PubMed 36647446

January 5, 2023

A systematic analysis of anti-diabetic medicinal plants from cells to clinical trials

Simeon Omale, Kennedy I. Amagon, Titilayo O. Johnson, Shaun Kennedy Bremner, Gwyn W. Gould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14639 PubMed 36627919

January 5, 2023

Serratia marcescens antibiotic resistance mechanisms of an opportunistic pathogen: a literature review

Faviola Tavares-Carreon, Karla De Anda-Mora, Idalia C. Rojas-Barrera, Angel Andrade

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14399 PubMed 36627920

January 18, 2023

Potato bacterial wilt in Ethiopia: history, current status, and future perspectives

Gebrehanna Lemma Tessema, Hussen Ebrahim Seid

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14661 PubMed 36691487

January 12, 2023

Arsenic and mercury tolerant rhizobacteria that can improve phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils

Daniel Rojas-Solis, John Larsen, Roberto Lindig-Cisneros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14697 PubMed 36650835

January 9, 2023

The effects of soil drought stress on growth characteristics, root system, and tissue anatomy of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica

Fanjun Meng, Tianze Zhang, Dachuan Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14578 PubMed 36643639

January 9, 2023

Be positive: customized reference databases and new, local barcodes balance false taxonomic assignments in metabarcoding studies

Francesco Mugnai, Federica Costantini, Anne Chenuil, Michèle Leduc, José Miguel Gutiérrez Ortega, Emese Meglécz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14616 PubMed 36643652

January 27, 2023

Plain set and stirred yogurt with different additives: implementation of food safety system as quality checkpoints

Aya Allam, Noha Shafik, Ahmed Zayed, Ibrahim Khalifa, Ibrahim A. Bakry, Mohamed A. Farag

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14648 PubMed 36726723

January 30, 2023

Alien species revises systematic status: integrative species delimitation of two similar taxa of Symbrenthia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

Yu-Feng Hsu, Zong-Yu Shen, Hang-Chi Huang, Chih-Wei Huang, Chen-Chih Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14644 PubMed 36743958

January 23, 2023

Assessing the breeding phenology of a threatened frog species using eDNA and automatic acoustic monitoring

Ying Chen, Orianne Tournayre, Haolun Tian, Stephen C. Lougheed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14679 PubMed 36710869

January 9, 2023

Assessing factors influencing students’ perceptions towards animal species conservation

Heliene Mota Pereira, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Luane Maria Melo Azeredo, Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14553 PubMed 36643645

January 12, 2023

Primate tooth crown nomenclature revisited

Simon A. Chapple, Matthew M. Skinner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14523 PubMed 36650833

January 9, 2023

Dominance of Bacillus species in the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) rhizosphere and their plant growth promoting potential under salt stress conditions

Syeda Tahseen Zahra, Mohsin Tariq, Muhammad Abdullah, Farrukh Azeem, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14621 PubMed 36643649

January 13, 2023

A new genus of dance fly (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) from Cretaceous Spanish ambers and introduction to the fossiliferous amber outcrop of La Hoya (Castellón Province, Spain)

Mónica M. Solórzano-Kraemer, Bradley J. Sinclair, Antonio Arillo, Sergio Álvarez-Parra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14692 PubMed 36655053

January 13, 2023

Surviving on the edge: present and future effects of climate warming on the common frog (Rana temporaria) population in the Montseny massif (NE Iberia)

Albert Montori, Fèlix Amat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14527 PubMed 36655044

January 18, 2023

Microplastic contamination in canned fish sold in Türkiye

Sedat Gündoğdu, Ali Riza Köşker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14627 PubMed 36691479

January 24, 2023

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles, osteoimmunology and orthopedic diseases

Maoxiao Ma, Guofeng Cui, Youwen Liu, Yanfeng Tang, Xiaoshuai Lu, Chen Yue, Xue Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14677 PubMed 36710868

January 24, 2023

Pepper growth promotion and biocontrol against Xanthomonas euvesicatoria by Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis formulations

Jared Hernández-Huerta, Patricia Tamez-Guerra, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Ma. Carmen E. Delgado-Gardea, Loreto Robles-Hernández, Ana Cecilia Gonzalez-Franco, Rocio Infante-Ramirez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14633 PubMed 36710864

January 10, 2023

The bony cap and its distinction from the distal phalanx in humans, cats, and horses

Shannon Smith, Laurel R. Yohe, Nikos Solounias

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14352 PubMed 36643632

January 16, 2023

Stories told by corals, algae, and sea-urchins in a Mesoamerican coral reef: degradation trumps succession

Isael Victoria-Salazar, Edgar J. González, Jorge A. Meave, Miguel-Ángel Ruiz-Zárate, Héctor A. Hernández-Arana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14680 PubMed 36684679

January 13, 2023

A redescription of Palaeogekko risgoviensis (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Middle Miocene of Germany, with new data on its morphology

Andrea Villa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14717 PubMed 36655047

January 13, 2023

Corrosion-influencing microorganisms in petroliferous regions on a global scale: systematic review, analysis, and scientific synthesis of 16S amplicon metagenomic studies

Joyce Dutra, Rosimeire Gomes, Glen Jasper Yupanqui García, Danitza Xiomara Romero-Cale, Mariana Santos Cardoso, Vinicius Waldow, Claudia Groposo, Rubens N. Akamine, Maira Sousa, Henrique Figueiredo, Vasco Azevedo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14642 PubMed 36655046

January 9, 2023

Co-circulation of all the four Dengue virus serotypes during 2018–2019: first report from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

Sthita Pragnya Behera, Pooja Bhardwaj, Hirawati Deval, Neha Srivastava, Rajeev Singh, Brij Ranjan Misra, Awdhesh Agrawal, Asif Kavathekar, Rajni Kant

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14504 PubMed 36643644

January 17, 2023

Upper Norian conodonts from the Baoshan block, western Yunnan, southwestern China, and implications for conodont turnover

Weiping Zeng, Haishui Jiang, Yan Chen, James Ogg, Muhui Zhang, Hanxinshuo Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14517 PubMed 36684668