Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 8, 2023

Fluoroquinolone resistance determinants in carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from urine clinical samples in Thailand

Parichart Boueroy, Peechanika Chopjitt, Rujirat Hatrongjit, Masatomo Morita, Yo Sugawara, Yukihiro Akeda, Tetsuya Iida, Shigeyuki Hamada, Anusak Kerdsin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16401 PubMed 37953793

November 15, 2023

Impact of nitrogen application and crop stage on epiphytic microbial communities on silage maize leaf surfaces

Dan Wu, Xueling Ma, Yuanyan Meng, Rongjin Cai, Xiaolong Zhang, Li Liu, Lianping Deng, Changjing Chen, Fang Wang, Qingbiao Xu, Bin He, Mingzhu He, Rensheng Hu, Jinjing Zhen, Yan Han, Shaoshen He, Liuxing Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16386 PubMed 38025755

November 2, 2023

Body site microbiota of Magellanic and king penguins inhabiting the Strait of Magellan follow species-specific patterns

Manuel Ochoa-Sánchez, Eliana Paola Acuña Gomez, Lucila Moreno, Claudio A. Moraga, Katherine Gaete, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16290 PubMed 37933257

November 21, 2023

Effect of various concentrations of common organic solvents on the growth and proliferation ability of Candida glabrata and their permissible limits for addition in drug susceptibility testing

Juan Liu, Hongxin Zhang, Lifang Zhang, Ting Li, Na Liu, Qing Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16444 PubMed 38025727

November 3, 2023

Comparative analysis of shotgun metagenomics and 16S rDNA sequencing of gut microbiota in migratory seagulls

Feng Liao, Yilan Xia, Wenpeng Gu, Xiaoqing Fu, Bing Yuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16394 PubMed 37941936

November 6, 2023

Different gut microbial types were found in captive striped hamsters

Chao Fan, Yunjiao Zheng, Huiliang Xue, Jinhui Xu, Ming Wu, Lei Chen, Laixiang Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16365 PubMed 37953783

November 7, 2023

Identification of potential molecular mimicry in pathogen-host interactions

Kaylee D. Rich, Shruti Srivastava, Viraj R. Muthye, James D. Wasmuth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16339 PubMed 37953771

November 3, 2023

Metagenomic 16S rDNA reads of in situ preserved samples revealed microbial communities in the Yongle blue hole

Hongxi Zhang, Taoshu Wei, Qingmei Li, Liang Fu, Lisheng He, Yong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16257 PubMed 37941937

November 29, 2023

Rhizocompartmental microbiomes of arrow bamboo (Fargesia nitida) and their relation to soil properties in Subalpine Coniferous Forests

Nan Nan Zhang, Xiao Xia Chen, Jin Liang, Chunzhang Zhao, Jun Xiang, Lin Luo, En Tao Wang, Fusun Shi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16488 PubMed 38047031

November 1, 2023

Bacterial diversity of herbal rhizospheric soils in Ordos desert steppes under different degradation gradients

Yuefeng Guo, Dan Zhang, Wei Qi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16289 PubMed 37927778

November 15, 2023

In-silico study of antisense oligonucleotide antibiotics

Erica S. Chen, Eric S. Ho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16343 PubMed 38025700

November 23, 2023

Navigating the microbial community in the trachea-oropharynx of breast cancer patients with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) via endotracheal tube: has NAC caused any change?

Hee Yeon Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Jeong Hwan Shin, Kwangrae Cho, Heon-Kyun Ha, Anbok Lee, Young Jin Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16366 PubMed 38025669

November 30, 2023

Amlodipine and lufenuron as repurposing drugs against Sporothrix brasiliensis

Vanice Rodrigues Poester, Jéssica Estefania Dávila Hidalgo, Lara Severo Jardim, Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga, Vanessa Brito de Souza Rabello, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira, Melissa Orzechowski Xavier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16443 PubMed 38050607

November 28, 2023

A multicentre study to determine the in vitro efficacy of flomoxef against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Malaysia

Polly Soo Xi Yap, Chun Wie Chong, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Ramliza Ramli, Azian Harun, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin, Anis Ahmed Khan, Soo Tein Ngoi, Yee Qing Lee, Min Yi Lau, Shiang Chiet Tan, Zhi Xian Kong, Jia Jie Woon, Siew Thong Mak, Kartini Abdul Jabar, Rina Karunakaran, Zalina Ismail, Sharifah Azura Salleh, Siti Suraiya Md Noor, Siti Norbaya Masri, Niazlin Mohd Taib, Azmiza Syawani Jasni, Loong Hua Tee, Kin Chong Leong, Victor Kok Eow Lim, Sazaly Abu Bakar, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16393 PubMed 38047021

November 23, 2023

Diversity of bacteria associated with lichens in Mt. Yunmeng in Beijing, China

Yimeng Li, Yinzhi Huang, Torsten Wronski, Manrong Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16442 PubMed 38025692

November 6, 2023

Isolation of soil bacteria able to degrade the anthelminthic compound albendazole

Stathis Lagos, Kalliopi Koutroutsiou, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16127 PubMed 37953781

November 17, 2023

Microbes within the building envelope—a case study on the patterns of colonization and potential sampling bias

Lucy R. Davies, Aitor Barbero-López, Veli-Matti Lähteenmäki, Antti Salonen, Filip Fedorik, Antti Haapala, Phillip C. Watts