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Unpacking a crop diversity hotspot: farmer practice and preferences in Northern Malawi

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2019
Crop diversity is a key principle of sustainable food production systems. Yet, inter and intra specific diversification is declining in many regions of the world.
Sieglinde Snapp, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Valerie Ota, Dan Kane, Lizzie Shumba, Laifolo Dakishoni   +5 more
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Microbial Communities of the Providence River [PDF]

, 2015
The Providence River has been industrialized for over one-hundred years. Industries such as oil storage and metal recycling facilities have left high levels of pollutant metals, including lead (Pb), in the soil and water.
Kratch, Jacqueline
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Microbial community pattern detection in human body habitats via ensemble clustering framework [PDF]

, 2014
The human habitat is a host where microbial species evolve, function, and continue to evolve. Elucidating how microbial communities respond to human habitats is a fundamental and critical task, as establishing baselines of human microbiome is essential ...
Chua, Hon-Nian, Li, Xiao-Li, Ning, Kang, Ou-Yang, Le, Su, Xiaoquan, Yang, Peng   +5 more
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Shaping Carbon Nitrides for Advanced Macrostructures

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review examines how carbon nitride can be shaped through a range of printing and interfacial assembly methods. By bringing together additive manufacturing and liquid–liquid structuring concepts, carbon nitride is moving beyond its traditional powder‐based photocatalyst form toward digitally designed robust macroscale architectures with high design
Simona Baluchová, Baris Kumru
wiley   +1 more source

Anaerobic Decomposition of Switchgrass by Tropical Soil-Derived Feedstock-Adapted Consortia

mBio, 2012
Tropical forest soils decompose litter rapidly with frequent episodes of anoxic conditions, making it likely that bacteria using alternate terminal electron acceptors (TEAs) play a large role in decomposition.
Kristen M. DeAngelis, Julian L. Fortney, Sharon Borglin, Whendee L. Silver, Blake A. Simmons, Terry C. Hazen   +5 more
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Dual‐Functional Ingestible Passive Capsules for High‐Throughput Intestinal Sampling with Sealed Containment and Targeted Drug Delivery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
To address challenges in high‐throughput intestinal sampling with sealed containment and target drug delivery, we developed a dual‐functional ingestible passive capsule with a dual‐triggered control system based on pH‐response and mechanical actuation.
Libing Huang, Houyu Ling, Xizong Chen, Yufei Duan, Yu Liu, Shuntian Cai, Yandan Ren, Wenlong Li, Lei Ren, Miao Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting taxonomic and functional structure of microbial communities in acid mine drainage. [PDF]

, 2016
Predicting the dynamics of community composition and functional attributes responding to environmental changes is an essential goal in community ecology but remains a major challenge, particularly in microbial ecology.
Chen, Linxing, He, Zhili, Hua, Zhengshuang, Huang, Linan, Jia, Pu, Kuang, Jialiang, Li, Jintian, Li, Shengjin, Liu, Jun, Shu, Wensheng, Zhou, Jizhong   +10 more
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Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence [PDF]

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2015
Microbial communities are enigmatically diverse. We propose a novel view of processes likely affecting microbial assemblages, which could be viewed as the Great American Interchange en miniature: the wholesale exchange among microbial communities resulting from moving pieces of the environment containing entire assemblages. Incidental evidence for such
Rillig, Matthias C., Antonovics, Janis, Caruso, Tancredi, Lehmann, Anika, Powell, Jeff R., Veresoglou, Stavros D., Verbruggen, Erik   +6 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Intercellular communications in multispecies oral microbial communities [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014
The oral cavity contains more than 700 microbial species that are engaged in extensive cell-cell interactions. These interactions contribute to the formation of highly structured multispecies communities, allow them to perform physiological functions, and induce synergistic pathogenesis.
Guo, Lihong, He, Xuesong, Shi, Wenyuan
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