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Bacteriophages in the Rhizosphere: Roles in Nutrient Cycling, Bacterial Community Structure, and Animal-Mediated Dispersal. [PDF]
MicrobiologyopenThis review discusses bacteriophages' roles in soil ecosystems, highlighting their impact on nutrient cycling, plant health, and soil remediation, as well as animal‐mediated phage dispersal mechanisms. Overall, while bacteriophages have potential biotechnological applications, their negative effects on microbial functions and nutrient cycling highlight
Komijani M +4 more
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Invertebrates of the Macocha Abyss (Moravian Karst, Czech Republic)
Acta Carsologica, 2016 The invertebrates of the Macocha Abyss, Moravian Karst, Czech Republic, were collected in 2007–2008 and 222 species were identified in total. The relative abundance of individual taxa of land snails, harvestmen, pseudoscorpions, spiders, millipedes ...
Vlastimil Růžička +5 more
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Character of woodland fragments affects distribution of myriapod assemblages in agricultural landscape [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Fragments of woodland fulfil many irreplaceable functions in the agricultural landscape including being the main source of biodiversity of soil invertebrates.
Ondřej Horňák +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) are a diverse group of invertebrate communities, which play significant, but often poorly acknowledged or understood roles in the delivery of soil ecosystem services.
Dhanya Balan, P. M. Sureshan
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Centipede Venoms and Their Components: Resources for Potential Therapeutic Applications
Toxins, 2015 Venomous animals have evolved with sophisticated bio-chemical strategies to arrest prey and defend themselves from natural predators. In recent years, peptide toxins from venomous animals have drawn considerable attention from researchers due to their ...
Md Abdul Hakim, Shilong Yang, Ren Lai
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2015 Objectives: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans (S. subspinipes mutilans) is known as a traditional medicine and includes various amino acids, peptides and proteins. The amino acids in the pharmacopuncture extracted from S.
GyeYoon Cho, KyuChul Han, JinYoung Yoon
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Millipedes and centipedes in German greenhouses (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda)
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2014 A review is given of all the literature records of millipedes and centipedes that have been found in German greenhouses together with additional records for 29 such sites. Species lists are given for 46 greenhouses investigated throughout Germany. Thirty-
Peter Decker +2 more
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Predation of bat (Molossus molossus: Molossidae) by the centipede Scolopendra viridicornis (Scolopendridae) in Southern Amazonia [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2015 Centipedes are opportunistic carnivore predators, and large species can feed on a wide variety of vertebrates, including bats. The aim of this study was to report the third record of bat predation by centipedes worldwide, the first record in the Amazon ...
Janaina da Costa de NORONHA +5 more
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Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018 Recent collecting on the island of La Palma has yielded two new records, Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipesoides and Lithobius (Lithobius) melanops, the former also being new to the Canary Islands and is recorded for the first time after its recent ...
Nesrine Akkari, Anne-Sarah Ganske
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Frontiers in Zoology, 2021 Background Centipedes are terrestrial, predatory arthropods with specialized sensory organs. However, many aspects of their sensory biology are still unknown.
Andy Sombke +3 more
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