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Local Variation in Ground Arthropod Diversity Rises as Distance to Residential Areas Decreases in a Mature Evergreen Forest

Diversity
Ground-dwelling arthropods interact with vertebrates, plants, detritus, and microbes as important players in forest ecosystems. Human disturbance threatens the diversity of forest arthropods, with varied impacts on different taxa.
Jing Su, Meili Wang, Hui Liu, Wenqi Shang, Fanfang Zhou, Haochen Cao, Jinwen Pan, Yang Zeng, Kun Xu, Ganghua Li   +9 more
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Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses of Soybean Protein Isolate on Monascus Pigments and Monacolin K Production

Journal of Fungi
Monascus pigments (MPs) and monacolin K (MK) are important secondary metabolites produced by Monascus spp. This study aimed to investigate the effect of soybean protein isolate (SPI) on the biosynthesis of MPs and MK based on the analysis of ...
Xueling Qin, Haolan Han, Jiayi Zhang, Bin Xie, Yufan Zhang, Jun Liu, Weiwei Dong, Yuanliang Hu, Xiang Yu, Yanli Feng   +9 more
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Removal of chromate in aqueous solutions by termite nests and reduction chromate accumulation in Brassica chinensis L.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Chromate [Cr(VI)] is a highly toxic heavy metal element, representing one of the most prevalent sources of wastewater contamination. It poses a significant threat to human health and food safety.
Ming Wang, Nana Wang, Jiacang Zhou, Jing Yuan, Lijun Jiang, LingJia Lu, Jiaqi Yan, Shuxin Gong, Yang Zeng, Yang Zeng, Runfeng Zhang, Runfeng Zhang, Lifeng Zhi, Lifeng Zhi, Ganghua Li, Ganghua Li   +15 more
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A Pyridine Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Grafted Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for the Sensitive Detection of Chloramphenicol by a Direct Electrochemical Method

Nanomaterials, 2023
A novel direct electrochemical sensor, based on a pyridine diketopyrrolopyrrole/graphene oxide nanocomposite-modified glass carbon electrode (PDPP/GO/GCE), was developed herein for chloramphenicol (CAP) detection.
Lingpu Jia, Juan Hao, Long Yang, Jun Wang, Lijuan Huang, Kunping Liu   +5 more
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Analysis of the Use of Cylindrospermopsin and/or Microcystin-Contaminated Water in the Growth, Mineral Content, and Contamination of Spinacia oleracea and Lactuca sativa [PDF]

, 2019
Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins constitute a serious environmental and human health problem. Moreover, concerns are raised with the use of contaminated water in agriculture and vegetable production as this can lead to food contamination and human exposure ...
Barreiro, Aldo, Cameán Fernández, Ana María, Jos Gallego, Ángeles Mencía, Llana Ruiz-Cabello, María, Machado, Joana, Oliveira, Flavio   +5 more
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Faster Weight Growth in Invasive Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki and Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae) Under Climate Change

Ecology and Evolution
Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki and Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae) threaten native aquatic diversity globally. Climate change likely increases the body weight and alters the body condition of mosquitofish, resulting in higher invasive ability. The growth
Shanshan Rao, Wenjing Qi, Haochen Cao, Cong Tang, Yujie Xiao, Yuxin Sun, Wen Xiong, Peng Xie, Kun Xu   +8 more
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Lipid Nanoparticles Encapsulating mRNA

Molecules
mRNA vaccines have shown great potential in responding to emerging infectious diseases, with their efficacy and stability largely dependent on the delivery vehicles—lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).
Zhigang Zhang, Dazhi Cheng, Wenqin Luo, Donling Hu, Tiantian Yang, Kaixuan Hu, Li Liang, Wei Liu, Jianping Hu   +8 more
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Microbial community changes during the mechanized production of light aroma Xiaoqu baijiu

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021
Multi-microorganisms mixed fermentation is the main characteristic of Chinese baijiu brewing. In this study, plate culture and high-throughput sequencing were used to investigate the changes in microbial community during baijiu brewing.
Yuanliang Hu, Luyao Wang, Zongjie Zhang, Qiang Yang, Shenxi Chen, Long Zhang, Xian Xia, Junming Tu, Yunxiang Liang, Shumiao Zhao   +9 more
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African botanical heritage for new crop development [PDF]

, 2008
The African continent is rather poor in plant biodiversity when compared to other continents on and around the equator. Nevertheless, lots of useful plant species have been domesticated from Sub-Sahara Africa material.
Termote, Céline, Van Damme, Patrick
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Identification of WRKY transcription factors in Ipomoea pes-caprae and functional role of IpWRKY16 in sweet potato salt stress response

BMC Plant Biology
Background WRKY transcription factors are plant-specific and play essential roles in growth, development, and stress responses, including reactions to salt, drought, and cold.
Jiaying Wu, Yiren Su, Zhiyuan Pan, Yiming Wang, Yongjing Zhang, Ludan Li, Jihong Jiang, Xiaoying Cao   +7 more
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