Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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Acid Yellow 36, Methyl Red, and Methylene Blue adsorption using ammonia-modified red algae biochar: isotherm, kinetic, regeneration, and ANN studies. [PDF]
Sci RepHassaan MA +5 more
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Conservation status of species used in the UK herbal medicine industry
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, sustainable use and management of medicinal plants is critical. We assessed the conservation status, threats and conservation actions of 298 species sold by UK suppliers to medical herbalists. We found that most species used are unevaluated, representing a gap in conservation knowledge, and of those with ...
Isabella Flowers +2 more
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Genome-wide signatures of adaptation to extreme environments in red algae. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Cho CH +8 more
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Exploring Costa Rica's fungal trends: Insights from digitized specimens
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Fungi are essential to tropical ecosystems but remain largely absent from conservation agendas. By analyzing over 78,000 fungal records from Costa Rica—a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot—this study reveals key patterns in fungal diversity, distribution, and seasonality.
Melissa Mardones +2 more
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Temperature-dependent photostasis and nitrogen limitation in streamlined-genome red algae Cyanidiophyceae from natural habitats. [PDF]
ISME JTsujino D +10 more
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Morpho-anatomical, and chemical characterization of some calcareous Mediterranean red algae species. [PDF]
Bot Stud, 2023 Ismail MM, Ismail GA, Elshobary ME.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Tiny, leafless fairy lanterns are easily overlooked on the forest floor. Thismia abei, endemic to Japan, persists in small, unstable populations and is listed nationally as Critically Endangered. Our recent work has revealed another, less obvious form of obscurity.
Kenji Suetsugu +2 more
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Antiviral activity of red algae phycocolloids against herpes simplex virus type 2 in vitro. [PDF]
Biotechnol Rep (Amst), 2023 Henríquez A +6 more
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Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of the cell envelope‐associated Rv0132c/FGD2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis has long been a subject of debate. Importantly, FGD2 is found only in pathogenic mycobacteria, making it a potential drug target. While some suggest it functions as a glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase, others propose it acts instead as an F420‐dependent ...
Adewale V. Aderemi +12 more
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