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Not too big for its mouth: direct evidence of a macrodasyidan gastrotrich preyed in nature by a dileptid ciliate

The European Zoological Journal, 2022
Nearly ubiquitous and usually speciose in most aquatic habitats, the meiofaunal-sized gastrotrichs are recognized as an important component of marine and freshwater ecosystems.
M. A. Todaro, P. Luporini
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Phytochemical Composition and Bioactivity of Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth Essential Oil With Spectral Characterisation of Pinocarvone Using NMR Techniques

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) EO: in‐depth chemical and biological investigation. ABSTRACT Species of the genus Elsholtzia (Lamiaceae) have been traditionally used in folk medicine and are known for their diverse biological properties. However, the chemical composition and bioactivity of the essential oil from Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth.
Priyanka Bhatt, Pooja Bargali, Gunja Sah, G. C. Shah, Ravendra Kumar, Stefania Garzoli, Maneesha Pathak, Archana N. Sah   +7 more
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Optimizing germination and cultivation of edible halophytes using effluents from an IMTA system

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Halophytes offer nature‐based solutions to food insecurity and soil degradation, while their integration into integrated multi‐trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems promotes circular economy practices. This study aimed to optimize the germination and cultivation of edible halophytic species, namely Limbarda crithmoides, Suaeda vera and
Viana Castañeda‐Loaiza, Maria João Rodrigues, Nuno Neng, Célia Quintas, Isabel Ratão, Luísa Custódio   +5 more
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Análise da comunidade zooplanctônica em fitotelmos de bromélias, Rio de janeiro, Brasil

Revista Eletrônica Científica da UERGS, 2021
As bromélias, devido às suas características morfológicas, são capazes de criar microhabitats para diversas formas de vida, dentre elas destacam-se os organismos zooplanctônicos.
Gabriela Silva SAMPAIO, Yemna Gomes da SILVA, Julia de Morais FARIAS, Beatriz Rodrigues D'Oliveira RAMOS, Yasmin de Góes Cohn FREITAS, Christina Wyss Castelo BRANCO, Viviane Bernardes dos Santos MIRANDA   +6 more
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Harnessing the nutritional potential of Cape wild edible plants: Insights, gaps and priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild edible plants hold significant potential to strengthen food systems by enhancing nutrition, dietary diversity, climate resilience, sustainability and deeper connection of people to their food. In this study, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify knowledge gaps and assess the nutritional contributions of selected wild edible ...
Nicola Kühn, Loubie Rusch, Michelle Delport, Frances Storey, Emma van der Meulen, Laura Pereira   +5 more
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Probiotic effects on rumen ciliate community in dairy cows: A multi taxonomic assessment [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The rumen ciliate protozoa represent a significant component of the microbial ecosystem in ruminants, contributing to the degradation of complex carbohydrates, intra-ruminal nitrogen recycling, and interactions with methanogenic archaea.
VALDIRLEY S. LIMA, FRANCIANE CEDROLA, WEBER V.B. SOARES, LUIZ CARLOS ROMA JÚNIOR, VERA N. SOLFERINI   +4 more
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1170. Allium kollmannianum Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Allium kollmannianum is a small, late‐spring to early‐summer blooming Allium, endemic to the Negev Desert in south Israel, and previously thought to be extremely rare and critically endangered. Here we expand new information regarding its distribution and habitat in the Negev Desert, and a new estimation of its threat level, considering the new
Dar Ben‐Natan, Irene Blecher
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Quantitative and differential analysis of ciliate protozoa in rumen content samples filtered before and after fixation

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2013
The objective of this study was to assess whether the straining of rumen content samples influences the estimation of protozoal density. Ninety rumen samples were obtained from 30 cattle (three samples per animal).
Mariana Fonseca Rossi, Isabel Martinele, Marta D'Agosto   +2 more
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Temperature, but not acidification, influences the growth and lipid profile of juvenile sand whiting, Sillago ciliata (Cuvier 1829)

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Seafood provides an essential source of macro‐ and micronutrients for coastal communities worldwide. Climate change is a key threat to seafood security, altering the sizes, abundances, distributions, physiology and ecological interactions of fisheries species, and increasingly, there is evidence of impacts to seafood nutritional quality.
Tanika C. Shalders, Melissa Tan, Karina C. Hall, Melinda A. Coleman, Brendan Kelaher, Curtis Champion, Kirsten Benkendorff   +6 more
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Renal Trichodinosis in the Japanese Rice Fish, Oryzias latipes: First Report and Phylogenetic Classification

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Investigation of a disease outbreak in a hobbyist's medaka (Oryzias latipes) collection led to the detection of Trichodina sp. in the kidney tubuli of individual fish. Based on this observation, a thorough clinical workup, including native microscopy, histopathology and molecular genetics, was conducted.
J. Harl, K. Lipnik, S. Thalguter, E. Lewisch   +3 more
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