Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 18, 2023

Contact-independent exposure to Rhodococcus rhodochrous DAP96253 volatiles does not improve the survival rate of Myotis lucifugus (little brown bats) affected by White-nose Syndrome

Sarah Hooper, Sybill Amelon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15782 PubMed 37868049

October 4, 2023

Diversity and structure of the root-associated bacterial microbiomes of four mangrove tree species, revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Jinlei Sui, Xiaowen He, Guohui Yi, Limin Zhou, Shunqing Liu, Qianqian Chen, Xiaohu Xiao, Jinyan Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16156 PubMed 37810771

October 5, 2023

Tilapia lake virus causes mitochondrial damage: a proposed mechanism that leads to extensive death in fish cells

Promporn Raksaseri, Tuchakorn Lertwanakarn, Puntanat Tattiyapong, Anusak Kijtawornrat, Wuthichai Klomkleaw, Win Surachetpong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16190 PubMed 37814626

October 9, 2023

Distribution of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in diabetic foot ulcers and risk factors for drug resistance: a retrospective analysis

Huihui Guo, Qiwei Song, Siwei Mei, Zhenqiang Xue, Junjie Li, Tao Ning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16162 PubMed 37842066

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 10, 2023

Sociodemographic distributions and molecular characterization of colonized Enterococcus faecium isolates from locality hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan

Loai Abdelati Siddig, Magdi Bayoumi, Nasreldin Elhadi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16169 PubMed 37842047

October 16, 2023

The transcriptome of the entomopathogenic fungus Culicinomyces clavisporus contains an ortholog of the insecticidal ribotoxin Hirsutellin

Dana Foresman, Aurélien Tartar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16259 PubMed 37868071

October 27, 2023

Seroprevalence of five diarrhea-related pathogens in bovine herds of scattered households in Inner Mongolia, China between 2019 and 2022

Mengyuan Xie, Kejia Chen, PingPing Liu, Xiaodan Wang, Yexin Chen, Hewei Shang, Yanru Hao, Peiyuan Gao, Xiuling He, Xiaojing Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16013 PubMed 37908414

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 4, 2023

Genome sequence analysis of Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica) forensic samples reveals the presence of Paraburkholderia fungorum sequences

Ka Yun Tan, Siwei Deng, Tze King Tan, Ranjeev Hari, Frankie Thomas Sitam, Rofina Yasmin Othman, Kum Thong Wong, Taznim Begam Mohd Mohidin, Siew Woh Choo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16002 PubMed 37810781

October 23, 2023

Machine learning: a powerful tool for identifying key microbial agents associated with specific cancer types

Jia Feng, Kailan Yang, Xuexue Liu, Min Song, Ping Zhan, Mi Zhang, Jinsong Chen, Jinbo Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16304 PubMed 37901464

October 3, 2023

Characterization of macroalgal-associated microbial communities from shallow to mesophotic depths at Manawai, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i

Gabrielle M. Kuba, Heather L. Spalding, Kristina M. Hill-Spanik, Taylor M. Williams, Monica O. Paiano, Alison R. Sherwood, Brian B. Hauk, Randall K. Kosaki, Heather Fullerton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16114 PubMed 37842050

October 31, 2023

Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of Magnaporthe grisea, the causal agent of foxtail millet blast using microsatellites

Manimozhi Dhivya, Govindasamy Senthilraja, Nagendran Tharmalingam, Sankarasubramanian Harish, Kalaiselvan Saravanakumari, Theerthagiri Anand, Sundararajan Thiruvudainambi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16258 PubMed 37927781

October 18, 2023

Isolation and functional analysis of acid-producing bacteria from bovine rumen

Jinming Yu, Cunyuan Li, Xiaoyue Li, Kaiping Liu, Zhuang Liu, Wei Ni, Ping Zhou, Limin Wang, Shengwei Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16294 PubMed 37868061

October 18, 2023

Effects of nanoscale zinc oxide treatment on growth, rhizosphere microbiota, and metabolism of Aconitum carmichaelii

Cun Chen, Yu-yang Zhao, Duo Wang, Ying-hong Ren, Hong-ling Liu, Ye Tian, Yue-fei Geng, Ying-rui Tang, Xing-fu Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16177 PubMed 37868063

October 6, 2023

β-Glucosidase activity and antimicrobial properties of potentially probiotic autochthonous lactic cultures

Isadora Kaline Camelo Pires de Oliveira Galdino, Miqueas Oliveira Morais da Silva, Ana Paula Albuquerque da Silva, Vanderlania Nascimento Santos, Raísa Laura Pereira Feitosa, Laura Cecília Nascimento Ferreira, Giordanni Cabral Dantas, Elainy Virgínia dos Santos Pereira, Tiago Almeida de Oliveira, Karina Maria Olbrich dos Santos, Antonio Silvio Egito, Flávia Carolina Alonso Buriti, Haíssa Roberta Cardarelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16094 PubMed 37818327

October 19, 2023

Yong Jiang, Wenxu Zhu, Keye Zhu, Yang Ge, Wuzheng Li, Nanyan Liao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16260 PubMed 37872953

October 12, 2023

Microbiota composition and correlations with environmental factors in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) culture ponds in South China

Yingli Lian, Xiafei Zheng, Shouqi Xie, Dan A, Jian Wang, Jiayi Tang, Xuan Zhu, Baojun Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15892 PubMed 37846307