Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 4, 2023

Sourdough starters exhibit similar succession patterns but develop flour-specific climax communities

Erin A. McKenney, Lauren M. Nichols, Samuel Alvarado, Shannon Hardy, Kristen Kemp, Rachael Polmanteer, April Shoemaker, Robert R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16163 PubMed 37810791

October 12, 2023

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

Amy R. Baco, Rebecca Ross, Franziska Althaus, Diva Amon, Amelia E. H. Bridges, Saskia Brix, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Ana Colaco, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Malcolm R. Clark, Cherisse Du Preez, Mari-Lise Franken, Matthew Gianni, Genoveva Gonzalez-Mirelis, Thomas Hourigan, Kerry Howell, Lisa A. Levin, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tina N. Molodtsova, Nicole Morgan, Telmo Morato, Beatriz E. Mejia-Mercado, David O’Sullivan, Tabitha Pearman, David Price, Katleen Robert, Laura Robson, Ashley A. Rowden, James Taylor, Michelle Taylor, Lissette Victorero, Les Watling, Alan Williams, Joana R. Xavier, Chris Yesson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16024 PubMed 37846312

October 3, 2023

An acoustic-based method for locating maternity colonies of rare woodland bats

Kieran D. O’Malley, Henry Schofield, Patrick G.R. Wright, Daniel Hargreaves, Tom Kitching, Marina Bollo Palacios, Fiona Mathews

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15951 PubMed 37810793

October 24, 2023

Population genetic structure and hybrid zone analyses for species delimitation in the Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus)

Kazumi Fukutani, Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16302 PubMed 37901459

October 9, 2023

Replacing mechanical protection with colorful faces–twice: parallel evolution of the non-operculate marine worm-snail genera Thylacodes (Guettard, 1770) and Cayo n. gen. (Gastropoda: Vermetidae)

Rüdiger Bieler, Timothy M. Collins, Rosemary Golding, Camila Granados-Cifuentes, John M. Healy, Timothy A. Rawlings, Petra Sierwald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15854 PubMed 37842057

October 17, 2023

A revised terminology for male genitalia in Hymenoptera (Insecta), with a special emphasis on Ichneumonoidea

Davide Dal Pos, István Mikó, Elijah J. Talamas, Lars Vilhelmsen, Barbara J. Sharanowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15874 PubMed 37868054

October 10, 2023

Persisting roadblocks in arthropod monitoring using non-destructive metabarcoding from collection media of passive traps

Lucas Sire, Paul Schmidt Yáñez, Annie Bézier, Béatrice Courtial, Susan Mbedi, Sarah Sparmann, Laurent Larrieu, Rodolphe Rougerie, Christophe Bouget, Michael T. Monaghan, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16022 PubMed 37842065

October 5, 2023

Biodiversity of symbiotic microalgae associated with meiofaunal marine acoels in Southern Japan

Siratee Riewluang, Kevin C. Wakeman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16078 PubMed 37814628

October 4, 2023

What I see and what I feel: the influence of deceptive visual cues and interoceptive accuracy on affective valence and sense of effort during virtual reality cycling

Brendan Mouatt, Ashleigh E. Smith, Gaynor Parfitt, Ty Stanford, Jeremy McDade, Ross T. Smith, Tasha R. Stanton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16095 PubMed 37810786

October 16, 2023

Genome sizes and repeatome evolution in zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia)

Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Hiroki Kise, Mylena Daiana Santander, Stacy Pirro, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Angelo Poliseno, Maria E.A. Santos, James Davis Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16188 PubMed 37868064

October 11, 2023

Automatic identification and morphological comparison of bivalve and brachiopod fossils based on deep learning

Jiarui Sun, Xiaokang Liu, Yunfei Huang, Fengyu Wang, Yongfang Sun, Jing Chen, Daoliang Chu, Haijun Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16200 PubMed 37842038

October 11, 2023

Microbiota plasticity in tilapia gut revealed by meta-analysis evaluating the effect of probiotics, prebiotics, and biofloc

Marcel Martinez-Porchas, Aranza Preciado-Álvarez, Francisco Vargas-Albores, Martina Hilda Gracia-Valenzuela, Francesco Cicala, Luis Rafael Martinez-Cordova, Diana Medina-Félix, Estefania Garibay-Valdez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16213 PubMed 37842054

October 30, 2023

Coral spawning patterns of Acropora across two Maldivian reef ecosystems

Margaux A.A. Monfared, Kate Sheridan, Simon P. Dixon, Matthew Gledhill, Thomas Le Berre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16315 PubMed 37927798

October 19, 2023

Tissue-specific expression of senescence biomarkers in spontaneously hypertensive rats: evidence of premature aging in hypertension

Ratthapon Somsura, Kanokwan Kamkajon, Khuanjit Chaimongkolnukul, Surachai Chantip, Jarinthorn Teerapornpuntakit, Kannikar Wongdee, Nuntaporn Kamonsutthipaijit, Suwimol Tangtrongsup, Nattapon Panupinthu, Wacharaporn Tiyasatkulkovit, Narattaphol Charoenphandhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16300 PubMed 37872946

October 9, 2023

Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park

Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr, Monika Fiby, Stephanie Bachmann, Stefanie Filz, Isabella Grassmann, Theresa Hoi, Claudia Janiczek, Didone Frigerio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16091 PubMed 37842040

October 19, 2023

Fishery catch records support machine learning-based prediction of illegal fishing off US West Coast

Jordan T. Watson, Robert Ames, Brett Holycross, Jenny Suter, Kayleigh Somers, Camille Kohler, Brian Corrigan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16215 PubMed 37872950

October 9, 2023

Bird diversity along an urban to rural gradient in large tropical cities peaks in mid-level urbanization

Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Paul J.J. Bates, Thein Aung, Nay Myo Hlaing, Sai Sein Lin Oo, Yu Kay Zin Htun, Saw Myat Ohn Mar, Aye Myint, Thin Lae Lae Wai, Pann Mo Mo, Lutz Fehrmann, Nils Nölke, Christoph Kleinn, Swen C. Renner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16098 PubMed 37842049

October 17, 2023

Implications of dominance hierarchy on hummingbird-plant interactions in a temperate forest in Northwestern Mexico

Gabriel López-Segoviano, Maribel Arenas-Navarro, Laura E. Nuñez-Rosas, María del Coro Arizmendi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16245 PubMed 37868051

October 2, 2023

Anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and antibiofilm activity of new peptides produced by a Brevibacillus strain

Abiodun Ogunsile, Nuttapon Songnaka, Somchai Sawatdee, Monthon Lertcanawanichakul, Sucheewin Krobthong, Yodying Yingchutrakul, Jumpei Uchiyama, Apichart Atipairin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16143 PubMed 37810790

October 13, 2023

Macrophage polarization in tissue fibrosis

Huidan Yang, Hao Cheng, Rongrong Dai, Lili Shang, Xiaoying Zhang, Hongyan Wen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16092 PubMed 37849830

October 11, 2023

Bridging the gap between sustainability and profitability: unveiling the untapped potential of sea cucumber viscera

Muhammad Fatratullah Muhsin, Yushinta Fujaya, Andi Aliah Hidayani, Hanafiah Fazhan, Wan Adibah Wan Mahari, Su Shiung Lam, Alexander Chong Shu-Chien, Youji Wang, Nor Afiqah-Aleng, Nita Rukminasari, Khor Waiho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16252 PubMed 37842055

October 13, 2023

A review on the relationship between Arachidonic acid 15-Lipoxygenase (ALOX15) and diabetes mellitus

Kaiying He, Xiaochun Zhou, Hongxuan Du, Jing Zhao, Rongrong Deng, Jianqin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16239 PubMed 37849828

October 24, 2023

Proposed mechanisms of action of herbal drugs and their biologically active constituents in the treatment of coughs: an overview

Jana Pourova, Patricia Dias, Milan Pour, Silvia Bittner Fialová, Szilvia Czigle, Milan Nagy, Jaroslav Tóth, Viktória Lilla Balázs, Adrienn Horváth, Eszter Csikós, Ágnes Farkas, Györgyi Horváth, Přemysl Mladěnka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16096 PubMed 37901462

October 3, 2023

Current knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere marine microbiome in eukaryotic hosts and the Strait of Magellan surface microbiome project

Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez, Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez, Lia Ramírez-Fenández, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15978 PubMed 37810788

October 24, 2023

Integrative approaches to a revision of the liverwort in genus Aneura (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophyta) from Thailand

Nopparat Anantaprayoon, Passorn Wonnapinij, Ekaphan Kraichak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16284 PubMed 37901454