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Widespread and diverging patterns of change in local phylogenetic diversity [PDF]

Aim: Ecosystems are witnessing drastic changes in biodiversity worldwide. However, it is still unclear whether changes in phylogenetic diversity—a measure of the evolutionary relationships among species—reflect observed changes in species richness ...
Carroll, Tadhg, Dornelas, Maria, Mooers, Arne Ø., Fernandez-Fournier, Philippe   +3 more
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Evaluating the effect of γ‐oryzanol on MASLD pathology using a medaka fish model

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study explores a liver disease called MASLD, which is increasing worldwide and can lead to serious damage. Researchers used medaka fish instead of rodents to test a food compound, γ‐oryzanol. Fish fed this compound had less liver fat and healthier gut bacteria.
Yukako Ito, Haduki Asano, Ayano Ueki, Joe Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Kamei, Hayato Tokumoto, Ayaka Yazawa, Shigeki Kamitani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus spp. and their symbiotic entomopathogenic nematodes from Thailand [PDF]

, 2012
Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus spp. are bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs). In this study, we isolated and characterized Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus spp.
Peacock, S., Waterfield, Nick R., Sharon J Peacock, Chantratita, Narisara, Phan Long, K., Tandhavanant, S., Bode, Helge Björn, Ke Long, Phan, Waterfield, NR, Sarunporn Tandhavanant, Saiprom Natnaree, Natnaree Saiprom, Bode, Helge B., Chantratita, N, Peacock, Sharon J., Waterfield Nick R., Bode, H., Ke Long Phan, Peacock, SJ, Phan Ke Long, Waterfield, Nicholas R., Thanwisai, A, Helge B Bode, Narisara Chantratita, Bode Helge B., Tandhavanant Sarunporn, Ke Long, P, Peacock Sharon J., Thanwisai, A., Thanwisai Aunchalee, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Tandhavanant, S, Bode, HB, Saiprom, N, Nick R Waterfield, Tandhavanant, Sarunporn, Saiprom, N., Chantratita Narisara, Thanwisai, Aunchalee, Saiprom, Natnaree, Long, Phan Ke, Waterfield, N., Chantratita, N.   +42 more
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Avidin is evolutionarily conserved in fish but dispensable for development and resistance against Streptococcus agalactiae in zebrafish

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The presence of biotin‐binding avidin proteins in fish and their biological significance are poorly characterized. We cataloged fish avidins and demonstrate that they are widely present and evolutionarily conserved. We created avd knockout zebrafish and show that zebavidin is dispensable for development and that resistance of avd knockout embryos in ...
Anni K. Saralahti, Markus J. T. Ojanen, Mataleena Parikka, Otto Kauko, Mika Rämet, Vesa P. Hytönen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary conservation genetics of invasive and endemic parrots [PDF]

, 2015
The world is now thought to have entered into a sixth mass extinction event, which unlike previous mass extinctions, is entirely driven by human impacts.
Jackson, Hazel Anne
core  

Representing taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: new challenges for Mediterranean marine-protected areas [PDF]

, 2015
To assess gaps in the representation of taxonomic, phylogenetic and func- tional diversity among coastal fishes in Mediterranean marine-protected areas (MPAs).Virginia Institute of Marine ...
Guilhaumon, Francois, Meynard, Christine N., Albouy, Camille   +2 more
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Incorporating phylogenetic metrics of biodiversity to refine Lyme disease risk models

Ecosphere
Biodiversity has been linked to reduced disease transmission through the dilution effect process. Traditional ecological measures of biological diversity, such as species richness, are most commonly used to test for the dilution effect.
Shannon Summers, Grace Shaw, Andrea Swei
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and biochemical insights into the thermostable esterase Ta0887 from Thermoplasma acidophilum

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In this study, a novel esterase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum was biochemically and structurally characterized. Our results demonstrate that Ta0887 is a highly thermostable esterase that preferentially hydrolyzes p‐nitrophenyl hexanoate and possesses an α‐helical cap domain that likely contributes to its substrate ...
Alejandro Delgado‐Rey, Miriam Livier Llamas‐García, Gabriela M. Montero‐Morán, Leticia Santos, Samuel Lara‐González   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A minimal cellulosome‐like system in Cellulosilyticum lentocellum

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cellulose‐degrading bacteria typically use cellulosomes, large multi‐enzyme complexes on a scaffold protein. In Cellulosilyticum lentocellum, we characterise a far smaller arrangement, a single scaffold bound to one cellulase through a single cohesin‐dockerin interaction.
John Allan, Amias Alstrom‐Moore, Gary W Black   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of rpoB and 16S rRNA as markers in pyrosequencing studies of bacterial diversity [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The 16S rRNA gene is the gold standard in molecular surveys of bacterial and archaeal diversity, but it has the disadvantages that it is often multiple-copy, has little resolution below the species level and cannot be readily interpreted in ...
Kowalchuk, GA, Quince, Christopher, Christopher Quince, de Hollander, M, Quince Christopher, Vos, M., Pijl, Agata S., Vos Michiel, Michiel Vos, Vos, M, Pijl, A.S., Agata S. Pijl (183429), Quince, C., Pijl Agata S., Kowalchuk, G.A., Mattias de Hollander, Hollander, M. de, Michiel Vos (63922), Mattias de Hollander (183437), Vos, Michiel, Quince, C, George A Kowalchuk, Kowalchuk George A., Pijl, AS, de Hollander, Mattias, George A. Kowalchuk (183442), Agata S Pijl, Kowalchuk, George A., Christopher Quince (178494), de Hollander, M., de Hollander Mattias   +30 more
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