Exploring the Pharmacokinetics and Gut Microbiota Modulation of Hesperidin and Nobiletin from Mandarin Orange Peel in Experimental Dogs: A Pilot Study by Jun Nakahigashi, Makoto Kurikami, Satomi Iwai, Sadahiko Iwamoto, Shou Kobayashi, Eiji Kobayashi

“…Analysis included microbiota profiling via 16S rDNA sequencing and observational assessment of cognitive indicators in a pilot study involving senior dogs with Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Biogenic synthesis of titanium nanoparticles by Streptomyces rubrolavendulae for sustainable management of Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) by Enayat M. Elqady, Eman El-said, Asmaa A. Tharwat, Lina A. Abou El-Khashab, Inas M. Y. Mostafa, Fatma Z. Hamed, Wesam M. Morsi, Mohamed M. Rezk, Inas M. Abou El-Enain

“…In all, seven actinobacterial isolates, the most potent of which has the potential to produce titanium hydroxide-based nanoparticles (TiO2-NP2), have DNA sequences that are 99.9% like those of Streptomyces rubrolavendulae (MCN2) according to nucleotide alignment and a phylogenetic tree. …”
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Comprehensive study of Tilapia skin collagen peptide on ileal injury and intestinal flora in rats induced by high altitude hypoxia by Jingyi Wang, Hao Wang, Chunxia Li, Xiaojuan Zhang, Jin Liu, Yanzhou Hu, Ping Qian

“…Furthermore, CP significantly up-regulated the an tioxidant enzymes SOD and GSH-Px and down-regulated MDA in the serum of rats, and improved hypoxia-induced oxidative stress. 16S rDNA sequencing of the intestinal flora revealed that CP significantly reduced the abundance of the pathogenic bacterium Escherichia, increased the abundance of the beneficial bacterium Limosilactobacillu, and significantly increased the levels of acetic acid, isobutyric acid, and isovaleric acid in feces. …”
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Impact of meropenem exposure on fluoroquinolone and carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in inpatients in a Japanese university hospital: Insights into oprD mu... by Tadanori Yamochi, Kazuhisa Ugajin, Rintaro On, Sho Inoue, Hiromi Ikeda, Toshiko Yamochi, Masafumi Takimoto, Issei Tokimatsu

“…Quantitative PCR was performed to analyze oprD, mexB, mexC, mexE, and mexY expression. DNA sequencing was performed to identify mutations. Results: Eight of nine strains were metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) negative, and one strain was MBL positive. …”
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Enterotype Bacteroides Is Associated with a High Risk in Patients with Diabetes: A Pilot Study by Jiajia Wang, Wenjuan Li, Chuan Wang, Lingshu Wang, Tianyi He, Huiqing Hu, Jia Song, Chen Cui, Jingting Qiao, Li Qing, Lili Li, Nan Zang, Kewei Wang, Chuanlong Wu, Lin Qi, Aixia Ma, Huizhen Zheng, Xinguo Hou, Fuqiang Liu, Li Chen

“…Fecal samples of each subject were also collected and were processed for 16S rDNA sequencing. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine the associations of enterotypes with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Identification of microsatellite loci according to BAC sequencing data and their physical mapping to the bread wheat 5B chromosome by M. A. Nesterov, D. A. Afonnikov, E. M. Sergeeva, L. A. Miroshnichenko, M. K. Bragina, A. O. Bragin, G. V. Vasiliev, E. A. Salina

“…An algorithm utilizing the properties of complexity decompositions in  he sliding-window mode was used to detect DNA sequences with a repeat unit of 2–4 bp. Analysis of 17 770 contigs with the total length of 25 879 921 bp allowed for designing 113, 79, and 67 microsatellite (SSR) loci with a repeat unit of 2, 3, and 4 bp, respectively. …”
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A Panpsychist Interpretation of Evolutionary Theory by Ferhat Onur

“…The idea that errors in DNA sequences are the source of species change does not seem acceptable to many scientists and philosophers. …”
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Genetic variation of the nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin associated with retrotransposon Tv1 insertions in Drosophila species of the virilis group by B. V. Andrianov, D. A. Romanov, T. V. Gorelova

“…Mitochondrial DNA sequences integrated into chromosomes are a promising object for designing genetic markers for studies of phylogenesis and genomic instability. …”
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Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators against gram-negative bacilli: Results from the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART – Brazil), 2018‒2021... by Amanda Azevedo Bittencourt, Vinicius Lima Faustino, Paula de Mendonça Batista, Lays Paulino Leonel, Marina Della Negra de Paula, Thales José Polis

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and molecular characterization of ß-lactamase encoding genes using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing were carried out from GNB isolated mostly from intra-abdominal, respiratory, and urinary tract infections and interpreted following BrCAST/EUCAST guidelines. …”
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Decoding the chicken gastrointestinal microbiome by PB. Burrows, F. Godoy-Santos, K. Lawther, A. Richmond, N. Corcionivoschi, SA. Huws

“…Specifically, bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA sequences from GIT samples associated with various breeds, differing in age, GIT sites (caecum, faeces, ileum and jejunum) and geographical location were obtained from the Sequence Read Archive and analysed using the MGnify pipeline. …”
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Construction of novel pJRD215-derived plasmids using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene as a selection marker for Acidithiobacillus caldus. by Rui Wang, Chunmao Lin, Jianqiang Lin, Xin Pang, Xiangmei Liu, Chengjia Zhang, Jianqun Lin, Linxu Chen

“…In addition, the generated plasmid pSDU1Δmob, a novel non-mobilizable derivative of pSDU1 lacking some DNA sequences involved in the mobilization process, had increased copy number in A. caldus and lost its mobility for biosafety considerations. …”
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Mutational Analysis of KCNQ1 Gene in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-control Study by Ankush Ganjewar, Ishwar B Bagoji, Sharan Badiger, Rudragouda B Bulagouda, Gurushnatappa Kadakol

“…Amplification of DNA products were analysed using Sanger-based DNA sequencing. Results: Sequencing analysis revealed g.6956 C>T and c.C1956T mutations in seven patients. …”
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Collection of microorganisms of ICG SB RAS as a genetic resource for biotechnology by A. V. Bryanskaya, Y. E. Uvarova, A. S. Rozanov, N. M. Slynko, V. N. Shlyakhtun, K. V. Starostin, E. A. Demidov, E. V. Lazareva, O. P. Taran, S. E. Peltek

“…The creation of personal mass spectra of protein profiles of the studied strains of the collection was carried out. The resulting DNA sequences of the strains are deposited in the GenBank. …”
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Telomere Length Is Associated With Adverse Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation by Kabita Pradhan, Balram Neupane, Paul Niehues, Martin Kirschner, Fabian Beier, Chao‐Chung Kuo, Erika Anneliese Hilbold, Christian Bär, Oana‐Maria Thoma, Maximilian Waldner, Margherita Vieri, Tim H. Brümmendorf, Vithurithra Tharmapalan, Wolfgang Wagner, Michael Kleines, Mahdi Emrani, Matthias Daniel Zink, Andreas Napp, Nikolaus Marx, Michael Gramlich

“…Telomeres, which are short, repeated DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes, are known to act as a biological aging marker. …”
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Clinical utility and predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid cell-free DNA profiling in non-small cell lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastasis by Sheng-Kai Liang, Wei-Yu Liao, Jin-Yuan Shih, Chia-Lin Hsu, Ching-Yao Yang, Shang-Gin Wu, Yen-Ting Lin, Yueh-Feng Wen, Lun-Che Chen, Yen-Fu Chen, Ya-Fang Chen, Yen-Heng Lin, Chong-Jen Yu

“…Among 25 enrolled patients, 22 (88.0 %) had EGFR mutations, while three (12.0 %) had EML4-ALK fusion, KIF5B-RET fusion, and ERBB2 A775_G776insSVMA. CSF cfDNA sequencing of 27 samples (from 25 patients) all confirmed their original driver mutations. …”
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Assessing microbial biodiversity in oil palm seedlings using oil palm waste compost mixed media by Siti Suliza Salamat, Mohd Zulkhairi Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Ali Hassan Hassan, Mohd Huzairi Mohd Zainuddin, Yoshihito Shirai, Ahmad Husni Mohd Hanif, Mohd Shahkhirat Norizan, Fatini Mat Arisah, Mohammed Abdillah Ahmad Farid, Toshinari Maeda, Mohd Noor Mat Isa, Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar

“…Method: The study compared microbial biodiversity in soil media with compost amendments by employing DNA sequencing to assess microbial communities. The analysis focused on bacterial species richness and the prevalence of key phyla, including Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, and others. …”
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Oral-Delivery Lactococcus lactis expressing cherry fusion lactoferrin peptides against infection of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in chickens by Zhuoran Li, Xueying Wang, Dianzhong Zheng, Fuzhen Han, Yue Li, Han Zhou, Jiaxuan Li, Wen Cui, Yanping Jiang, Xiaona Wang, Weichun Xie, Lijie Tang

“…Additionally, 16S rDNA sequencing data revealed that LL-EFLmC was able to restore the intestinal flora that had been disrupted by APEC-O78. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Metronidazole and Clindamycin against Gardnerella vaginalis in Planktonic and Biofilm Formation by Ting Li, Zhan Zhang, Fengjuan Wang, Yuanhui He, Xiaonan Zong, Huihui Bai, Zhaohui Liu

“…Sequence data of clinical G. vaginalis isolates were confirmed by comparing 16S rDNA sequences. Subsequently, clinical isolates were evaluated for antimicrobial susceptibilities in vitro to metronidazole and clindamycin at planktonic and biofilm levels. …”
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A meta-analysis of MHC diversity in Pan troglodytes verus by Christelle Vangenot, Alicia Sanchez‑Mazas

“…We performed a meta-analysis of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) diversity for locus A, B, C, DQB1, DPB1 and DRB1 in Chimpanzees by selecting cohorts of animals for which MHC genotypes were available in publications and by extracting DNA sequences available on the IPD-MHC database. The MHC genes play a key role in the immune responses and are located on the short arm of chromosome 6. …”
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Enabling regulatory policy globally will promote realization of the potential of animal biotechnology by Eric Hallerman, Justin Bredlau, Luiz Sergio A. Camargo, Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli, Margaret Karembu, Daniel Kovich, Anne Ndanu Muia, Mariana L. Murrone, Pedro Jesus Rocha-Salavarrieta, Rhodora Romero-Aldemita, Mark Tizard, Mark Walton, Diane Wray-Cahen

“…The advent of genome editing techniques has revolutionized the scientific approach to introducing changes into DNA sequences and how biotechnology can be used to enhance agricultural breeding. …”
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