Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 31, 2024

Assessing population structure and morpho-molecular characterization of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) for elite germplasm identification

Sampath Lavudya, Kalaimagal Thiyagarajan, Sasikala Ramasamy, Harish Sankarasubramanian, Senthivelu Muniyandi, Anita Bellie, Sushil Kumar, Susmitha Dhanapal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18205 PubMed 39494282

October 24, 2024

Bacterial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using various waste carbon sources

Aansa Naseem, Ijaz Rasul, Zulfiqar Ali Raza, Faizan Muneer, Asad ur Rehman, Habibullah Nadeem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17936 PubMed 39465164

October 10, 2024

Extraction and characterization of collagen and gelatin from body wall of sea cucumbers Stichopus horrens and Holothuria arenicola

Noora Barzkar, Gilan Attaran-Fariman, Ali Taheri, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18149 PubMed 39399433

October 7, 2024

A novel gene silencing strategy based on tobacco rattle virus in Hibiscus mutabilis

Shiye Sang, Yiqiong Liu, Xiu Li, Jiao Ma, Xiaoli Liu, Yuanzhao Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18211 PubMed 39391825

October 16, 2024

Comparative transcriptome analysis to identify the important mRNA and lncRNA associated with salinity tolerance in alfalfa

Gaimei Yang, Zhengyan Li, Mengru Rong, Rugang Yu, Qiting Zhang, Guoliang Wang, Zhiming Xu, Xueling Du, Xian Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18236 PubMed 39430557

October 14, 2024

Optimization of ultrasonic-assisted debittering of Ganoderma lucidum using response surface methodology, characterization, and evaluation of antioxidant activity

Shuting Chen, Shiying Song, Yumei Tan, Shengling He, Xiyi Ren, Zhu Li, Yongxiang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17943 PubMed 39421421

October 23, 2024

Surface-functionalized PAN fiber membranes for the sensitive detection of airborne specific markers

Leontyna Varvarovska, Bruno Sopko, Dana Gaskova, Tomas Bartl, Evzen Amler, Tatana Jarosikova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18077 PubMed 39465161

October 31, 2024

The significance of biowaste drying analysis as a key pre-treatment for transforming it into a sustainable biomass feedstock

Fernando Damián Barajas Godoy, Marco A. Martínez-Cinco, José G. Rutiaga-Quiñones, Otoniel Buenrostro-Delgado, Jose Mendoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18248 PubMed 39494285

October 28, 2024

The bacterial strains JAM1^T and GP59 of the species Methylophaga nitratireducenticrescens differ in their expression profiles of denitrification genes in oxic and anoxic cultures

Livie Lestin, Richard Villemur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18361 PubMed 39484211

October 14, 2024

Exploring the density and morphology of coconut structures at two locations: a time-based analysis using computer tomography

Shenghuang Lin, Chengxu Sun, Li’an Luo, Mengxing Huang, JeromeJeyakumar John Martin, Hongxing Cao, Jinyue Hu, Zhiming Bai, Zhanping He, Yu Zhang, Jing Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18206 PubMed 39421429

October 18, 2024

Bioconversion of mango peels into itaconic acid through submerged fermentation and statistical optimization of parameters through response surface methodology

Shagufta Saeed, Sibtain Ahmed, Fatima Qureshi, Muhammad Sheraz Yasin, Rida Waseem, Tahir Mehmood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18188 PubMed 39434792

October 18, 2024

Biodiversity assessment and environmental risk analysis of the single line transgenic pod borer resistant cowpea

Abraham Isah, Rebeccah Wusa Ndana, Yoila David Malann, Onyekachi Francis Nwankwo, Abdulrazak Baba Ibrahim, Rose Suniso Gidado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18094 PubMed 39434787