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Temporal factors and habitats drive the variation of microbial distributions and co-occurrence patterns in the Pearl River Estuary

BMC Microbiology
Background Estuaries are dynamic and complicated aquatic ecosystems, where both abiotic and biotic factors heavily vary across seasons and among habitats. However, the distributions and co-occurrence patterns of microorganisms in estuarine ecosystems are
Changyu Zhu, Cuiyi Wang, Jianlin Han, Zijing Quan, Jinghan Zhang, Xuan Lei, Ruixin Zhang, Zhenzhen Yi   +7 more
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Monitoring Urban European Hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) with Citizen Science and a Thermal Spotter

Urban Science
Populations of the European hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) have declined in agricultural areas throughout Europe, primarily due to habitat loss caused by the industrialization of agriculture.
Sussie Pagh, Lasse Lange Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Hanne Lyngholm Larsen   +3 more
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Impact of Nonchemical Protection of Broad Bean on Epigeic and Soil Arthropodofauna—Analysis in Field-Realistic Conditions

Agronomy, 2020
Plant protection methods, even those considered as safe for the environment and consumers, may have unexpected effects on nontarget organisms. The effect of broad bean protection, using Pythium oligandrum, paraffin-coated garlic pulp, and extract from ...
Janina Gospodarek, Elżbieta Boligłowa, Katarzyna Gleń-Karolczyk   +2 more
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The guanidine thiocyanate‐high EDTA method for total microbial RNA extraction from severely heavy metal‐contaminated soils

Microbial Biotechnology, 2021
Summary Molecular analyses relying on RNA, as a direct way to unravel active microbes and their functional genes, have received increasing attention from environmental researchers recently.
Yaxin Pei, Tursunay Mamtimin, Jing Ji, Aman Khan, Apurva Kakade, Tuoyu Zhou, Zhengsheng Yu, Hajira Zain, Wenzhi Yang, Zhenmin Ling, Wenya Zhang, Yingmei Zhang, Xiangkai Li   +12 more
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Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery. [PDF]

, 2006
Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak.
Parsonnet, Julie, Tompkins, Lucy S, Van Kerkhove, Maria D, Weingart, Michal   +3 more
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Complex evolutionary patterns within the tubulin gene family of ciliates, unicellular eukaryotes with diverse microtubular structures

BMC Biology
Background Tubulins are major components of the eukaryotic cytoskeletons that are crucial in many cellular processes. Ciliated protists comprise one of the oldest eukaryotic lineages possessing cilia over their cell surface and assembling many diverse ...
Hua Su, Tingting Hao, Minjie Yu, Wuyu Zhou, Lei Wu, Yalan Sheng, Zhenzhen Yi   +6 more
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Alteration of the Intestinal Bacterial Community in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): The Role of Animal, Plant, and Microbial Diets

Microbiology Research
Intestinal bacterial community in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is increasingly recognized as important for aquaculture and fish health. This review summarizes the current knowledge on how various feed components, including animal- and plant ...
Aleksandra S. Chervochkina, Nadezhda O. Pastukhova, Andrey S. Aksenov   +2 more
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Participant experiences in a breastmilk biomonitoring study: A qualitative assessment

Environmental Health, 2009
Background Biomonitoring studies can provide information about individual and population-wide exposure. However they must be designed in a way that protects the rights and welfare of participants.
Aschengrau Ann, Brown Phil, McClean Michael D, Wu Nerissa, Webster Thomas F   +4 more
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Partitioning of trace metals between soft tissues and shells of Patella aspera [PDF]

, 2004
This paper describes the partitioning of iron, manganese, zinc, copper, cadmium, cobalt, nickel and lead between the soft tissues and the shells of the gastropod mollusc Patella aspera. Specimens of the limpet P aspera were collected from a clean coastal
Bebianno, Maria João, Cravo, Alexandra, Foster, P.   +2 more
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Phylogeography and demographic history of the cyprinid fish Barbodes semifasciolatus: implications for the history of landform changes in south mainland China, Hainan and Taiwan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Hainan Island and Taiwan Island are adjacent to the southern margin of mainland China and Vietnam. During glacial periods, global sea levels dropped, allowing that the land bridges connected the continental island and mainland, connecting rivers and ...
Junjie Wang, JinXian Wu, Jinquan Yang, Jiabo Chen, Jiemei Yang, Chao Li, Hung-Du Lin, Jun Zhao   +7 more
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