Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 21, 2024

Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB)-induced plant adaptations to stresses: an updated review

Awmpuizeli Fanai, Beirachhitha Bohia, Felicia Lalremruati, Nancy Lalhriatpuii, Lalrokimi, Rosie Lalmuanpuii, Prashant Kumar Singh, Zothanpuia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17882 PubMed 39184384

August 12, 2024

Effects of semaglutide on gut microbiota, cognitive function and inflammation in obese mice

Jing Feng, Zhenjie Teng, Yu Yang, Jingzhen Liu, Shuchun Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17891 PubMed 39148685

August 7, 2024

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance drought resistance in Bombax ceiba by regulating SOD family genes

Changxin Luo, Zhumei Li, Yumei Shi, Yong Gao, Yanguo Xu, Yanan Zhang, Honglong Chu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17849 PubMed 39131625

August 5, 2024

Genome sequencing and CAZymes repertoire analysis of Diaporthe eres P3-1W causing postharvest fruit rot of ‘Hongyang’ kiwifruit in China

Li-Zhen Ling, Ling-Ling Chen, Zhen-Zhen Liu, Lan-Ying Luo, Si-Han Tai, Shu-Dong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17715 PubMed 39119104

August 12, 2024

Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on oral microbiota in rats with periodontitis

Zirui Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Wanqing Zhao, Jianing Wang, Yanhui Peng, Xuanning Liu, Na Liu, Qing Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17795 PubMed 39148678

August 13, 2024

Prokaryote communities along a source-to-estuary river continuum in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Carolina O. de Santana, Pieter Spealman, Eddy Oliveira, David Gresham, Taise de Jesus, Fabio Chinalia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17900 PubMed 39157765

August 19, 2024

Thermotogota diversity and distribution patterns revealed in Auka and JaichMaa ‘ja ‘ag hydrothermal vent fields in the Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California

Manet E. Peña-Salinas, Daan R. Speth, Daniel R. Utter, Ronald M. Spelz, Sujung Lim, Robert Zierenberg, David W. Caress, Patricia G. Núñez, Roberto Vázquez, Victoria J. Orphan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17724 PubMed 39175749

August 12, 2024

Potential role of Manilkara Zapota L in treating bacterial infection

Ami Febriza, Fityatun Usman, Andi Ulfah Magefirah Rasyid, Hasta Handayani Idrus, Mohd Helmy Mokhtar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17890 PubMed 39148677

August 21, 2024

Holobiont dysbiosis or acclimatation? Shift in the microbial taxonomic diversity and functional composition of a cosmopolitan sponge subjected to chronic pollution in a Patagonian bay

Marianela Gastaldi, M. Sabrina Pankey, Guillermo Svendsen, Alonso Medina, Fausto Firstater, Maite Narvarte, Mariana Lozada, Michael Lesser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17707 PubMed 39184395

August 29, 2024

Comparisons of genome assembly tools for characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes using hybrid sequencing technologies

Kanwara Trisakul, Yothin Hinwan, Jukgarin Eisiri, Kanin Salao, Angkana Chaiprasert, Phalin Kamolwat, Sissades Tongsima, Susana Campino, Jody Phelan, Taane G. Clark, Kiatichai Faksri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17964 PubMed 39221271

August 8, 2024

Quantitating primer-template interactions using deconstructed PCR

Jeremy Kahsen, Sonia K. Sherwani, Ankur Naqib, Trisha Jeon, Lok Yiu Ashley Wu, Stefan J. Green

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17787 PubMed 39131619

August 30, 2024

Development and evaluation of a rapid visual loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the tcdA gene in Clostridioides difficile detection

Minyi Lin, Pu Wang, Bingyun Lu, Ming Jin, Jiasheng Tan, Wei Liu, Jing Yuan, Xiaomou Peng, Ye Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17776 PubMed 39224820

August 30, 2024

Surprising diversity of new plasmids in bacteria isolated from hemorrhoid patients

Yihua Wang, Wenya Su, Xiang Zeng, Zhaopeng Liu, Jiaming Zhu, Mingyu Wang, Ling Li, Wenlong Shen