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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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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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Integrated Evaluation of Contaminant Profiles, Detection Techniques, and Management Strategies for Tannery Sludge

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article critically examines the environmental and health hazards of tannery sludge (TS), a complex by‐product of the leather tanning industry. TS is characterized by a diverse array of contaminants, including heavy metals like chromium, organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds ...
Yashar Aryanfar, Ali Keçebaş, Soheil Hassanzadeh, Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Shabbir Ahmad, Ahmed Hendy, Hafiz M. Irfan, Shaban Mousavi Ghasemlou, Julio Blanco Fernandez, Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz   +10 more
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Urbanization alters the seasonality of bird communities across China

Avian Research
Urbanization has profoundly reshaped biodiversity, yet its impacts on community seasonal changes remain poorly understood. Here, we used citizen science data from 839 bird species in 37 cities and their corresponding rural areas in China to assess how ...
Zhipeng Xie, Haoting Duan, Baoming Zhang, Minghui Zhou, Ludan Zhang, Jiehua Yu, Jiekun He   +6 more
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A systematic review on biomonitoring using lichen as the biological indicator: A decade of practices, progress and challenges

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Various methods have been developed to monitor environmental quality, including biomonitoring using lichen. In this paper, a total of 143 previous studies from the last decade were analyzed to gain insight into current practices, progress, and challenges.
Azlan Abas
doaj   +1 more source

Textile triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered biomonitoring

, 2021
Biomonitoring has played an increasingly important role in improving the quality of healthcare in recent years, but limitations in power supply and wearability, as well as the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) have called for the development of a new ...
John Lama, A. Yau, Guorui Chen, Aditya Sivakumar, Xun Zhao, Jun Chen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and hand osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective To explore whether biological levels of specific per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a mixture of PFAS – reflecting the overall effect and accounting for correlations among each PFAS – relate to incident hand osteoarthritis (HOA) and progression.
Jeffrey B. Driban, Lisa B. Rokoff, Bing Lu, Timothy E. McAlindon, Charles B. Eaton, Mary B. Roberts, Diana Mathes, Colleen Lestician, Zhijin Carrie Xu, Zhihua Tina Fan, Shawn P. O'Leary, Ida K. Haugen, Jérémie Sellam, Alice Courties, Abby F. Fleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Could the fluoride-tolerant species Panicum maximum replace sensitive plants in fluoride biomonitoring?

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Fluoride (F) is the most phytotoxic atmospheric pollutant. The use of plants for passive or active biomonitoring has been a common strategy to detect abnormal atmospheric F concentrations.
Bruno Francisco Sant'Anna-Santos, Larisse de Freitas-Silva, Aristéa Alves Azevedo, Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes   +3 more
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source