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Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak
Herbaria in the Global South are critical yet underutilized resources for biodiversity science and often absent from international databases and research networks. We highlight the phenomenon of “silent herbaria” using Nigeria as a case study and quantify how these collections fill important gaps in global biodiversity knowledge.
Daniel A. Zhigila +38 more
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Occurrence of the neotropical moss Dicranella hilariana (Mont.) Mitt. in the Antarctic [PDF]
Dicranella hilariana (Mont.) Mitt., a pan-neotropical moss species, is reported for the first time from the Antarctic botanical zone. It was found on geothermally heated ground near fumaroles on Visokoi, Candlemas and Bellingshausen Islands in the ...
Arts, Theo +3 more
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ABSTRACT Aim To introduce a novel conceptual framework that differentiates peripheral intravenous catheters according to their dwell time and therapeutic purpose, in order to improve the suitability of material choice, safety and cost‐effectiveness. Design Concept based on clinical guidelines, expert consensus and recent peer‐reviewed evidence.
Bertrand Drugeon +4 more
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A contribution to the moss flora of Ecuador [PDF]
An annotated list of new records or otherwise interesting species from Ecuador is presented. The occurrence of rhizoidal tubers is reported for the first time in Anoectangium aestivum, Brachymenium chilense and Bryoerythrophyllum ...
Arts, Theo, Sollman, Philip
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ABSTRACT BosR is a novel nucleic acid‐binding protein in the ferric uptake regulator (FUR) family that regulates gene expression in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi. This issue of Molecular Microbiology contains a comprehensive transcriptomic study that keenly defines the regulatory swath of BosR in the vertebrate host of ...
D. Scott Samuels, Meghan C. Lybecker
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A revision of the genus Crossomitrium (Musci: Hookeriaceae) [PDF]
Crossomitrium is a genus of neotropical, essentially epiphyllous mosses. The genus consists of six species that are distributed in two sections: section Crossomitrium (C. acuminatum, C. patrisiae, and C. scabrisetum) and section Cormophila (C. epiphyllum,
Allen, Bruce H.
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Untersuchungen zum Ursprung der Substratspezifität von Enzymen der Amidohydrolase‐Superfamilie
Umfassende Analysen zweier Enzymklassen aus der Amidohydrolase‐Superfamilie (AHS) ergaben, dass die Katalyse über eine 1,4‐ bzw. 1,6‐nukleophile konjugierte Addition abläuft und diese Eigenschaft die Substratspezifität bestimmt. Obwohl alle Substrate und Produkte vollständig achiral sind, führt dieser mechanistische Unterschied zu einer invertierten ...
Lukas Drexler +3 more
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Altitudinal additamenta to the uppermost ranges of mosses in Ecuador [PDF]
Of the 26 mosses listed in this report Amblystegium varium, Calliergonella cuspidata, Chrysoblastella chilensis, Drepanocladus aduncus, D. revolvens, Racomitium geronticum, and Scorpidium turgescens are new to the Ecuador moss-flora.
Kuc, Marian
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The Emerging Role of Microbial Biofilm in Lyme Neuroborreliosis [PDF]
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii or Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia, respectively.
Bordignon, Valentina +10 more
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Multispecies Solidarity: How People and Cinchona Survived the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Loja, Ecuador
ABSTRACT This article uses the case of Cinchona officinalis entrepreneurship during the COVID‐19 pandemic to explore how dynamics of care and extraction figure within the construct of multispecies solidarity. C. officinalis is an endangered medicinal tree that holds global historical significance as a natural source of quinine.
Katharine McNamara
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