Seroprevalence of brucellosis in camels and humans in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia and its implications for public health by Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Abdullah S. M. Aljohani, Ahmed I. Alajaji, Ayman Elbehiry, Adil Abalkhail, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Hazem R. Sherif, Eman Marzouk, Abdelmaged A. Draz

“…Abstract Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease caused by intracellular, gram-negative bacteria from the genus Brucella. Although camels are classified as secondary hosts for Brucella species, they are among the most susceptible and vulnerable animals to brucellosis, particularly Brucella abortus (B. abortus) and Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis). …”
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Salvia deserti Decne., an endemic and rare subshrub from Arabian desert: antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of leaf hydroethanolic extracts by Arbi Guetat, Slimen Selmi, Abdelrhman T. Abdelwahab, Marwa A. Abdelfattah, Abd Ealrhman M. Elhaj, Roaa T. Mogharbel, M. J. A. Abualreish, Abdullah F. Alanazi, Karim Hosni, Naceur Mejri, Abdennacer Boulila

“…Many plant species of the genus Salvia L. such as “Arabian desert sage” (Salvia deserti) should began to be the focus of phytochemical and bioactivity studies.MethodsThe study aims to investigate, first-ever, the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of the leaf hydroethanolic extract of S. deserti, an endemic and rare subshrub from Arabian desert. …”
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A green forage diet enhances microbial diversity in buffalo rumen by Angela Salzano, Giovanna Bifulco, Alfio Calanni Macchio, Valentina Longobardi, Francesca Aragona, Giovan Maria Pacelli, Giuseppe Campanile

“…Indeed, at the order level, the Peptostreptococcales-Tissierellales, Veillonellales-Selenomonadales, and Bradymonadales groups showed statistically significant differences (p<0.05), with the former bacteria being more abundant in the Dry group and the other two in the Green group. Moreover, at the genus level, Prevotellaceae_YAB2003_group and Colidextribacter were more abundant (p<0.05) in the Dry group, while Selenomonas, Prevotellaceae-UCG-007, Quinella, Oscillospira, and Tyzzerella, were more abundant (p<0.05) in the Green group. …”
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Artisanal and farmer bread making practices differently shape fungal species community composition in French sourdoughs by Michel, Elisa, Masson, Estelle, Bubbendorf, Sandrine, Lapicque, Léocadie, Nidelet, Thibault, Segond, Diego, Guézenec, Stéphane, Marlin, Thérèse, Devillers, Hugo, Rué, Olivier, Onno, Bernard, Legrand, Judith, Sicard, Delphine

“…The well-known bakery yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was dominant (i.e. with a relative abundance over 50%) in only 24% of sourdoughs while other yeast species, belonging to the Kazachstania genus, were dominant in 54% of sourdoughs. Bread making practices were found to drive the distribution of fungal species across sourdoughs. …”
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Population genetics of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes from southern Chad by Ravel, Sophie, Mahamat, Mahamat Hissène, Ségard, Adeline, Argilés-Herrero, Rafael, Bouyer, Jérémy, Rayaisse, Jean-Baptiste, Solano, Philippe, Guihini Mollo, Brahim, Pèka, Mallaye, Darnas, Justin, Belem, Adrien Marie Gaston, Yoni, Wilfrid, Noûs, Camille, De Meeûs, Thierry

“…In Subsaharan Africa, tsetse flies (genus Glossina) are vectors of trypanosomes causing Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Animal African Trypanosomosis (AAT). …”
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Population genetics of Glossina palpalis gambiensis in the sleeping sickness focus of Boffa (Guinea) before and after eight years of vector control: no effect of control despite a... by Kagbadouno, Moise S, Séré, Modou, Ségard, Adeline, Camara, Abdoulaye Dansy, Camara, Mamadou, Bucheton, Bruno, Bart, Jean-Mathieu, Courtin, Fabrice, De Meeûs, Thierry, Ravel, Sophie

“…Its cyclical vector are biting insects of the genus Glossina or tsetse flies. In Guinea, the mangrove ecosystem contains the main HAT foci of Western Africa. …”
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Molecular docking and dynamics studies to identify novel active compounds targeting potential breast cancer receptor proteins from an indigenous herb Euphorbia thymifolia Linn [ver... by ShamaPrasada K, Reshma Kumarchandra, Vasavi Kumblekar, K Sreedhara Ranganath Pai, Suman Manandhar, Sharada Rai, Rajeshwari Shastry

“…Euphorbia thymifolia L is a widely growing tropical herb that has been reported to have various ethnopharmacological properties. Although Euphorbia genus is reported to have anticancer properties, E. thymifolia is not reported to have anticancer properties to date. …”
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Flowering characteristics and breeding system of Deutzia parviflora by WANG Qi, LI Jinyu, WANG Xinyi, WANG Yixuan, GUO Wei, YUAN Tao

“…[Conclusion] There is no apomixis in D . parviflora and the breeding system is a mixed mating system, dominanted by outcrossing mechanism, requiring pollinators, and it is more fertile and can be used as a parent for hybrid breeding in the genus Deutzia. Its low self-incompatibility is not due to dichogamy and herkogamy.…”
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Coarse-scale vertical distribution of pelagic amphipods in two contrasting seasons of the southern Gulf of Mexico by Marco Violante-Huerta, Laura Sanvicente-Añorve, Miguel Alatorre-Mendieta, Edlin Guerra-Castro

“…The dominant species was Lestrigonus bengalensis in winter and the juveniles of the genus Primno in summer. The SIMPER analysis also showed these taxa as responsible for the discrimination of the epi- and mesopelagic assemblages. …”
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An integrated microbiome- and metabolome-genome-wide association study reveals the role of heritable ruminal microbial carbohydrate metabolism in lactation performance in Holstein... by Chenguang Zhang, Huifeng Liu, Xingwei Jiang, Zhihong Zhang, Xinfeng Hou, Yue Wang, Dangdang Wang, Zongjun Li, Yangchun Cao, Shengru Wu, Sharon A. Huws, Junhu Yao

“…The identified SNPs of chr25:11,177 on 5s_rRNA (small ribosomal RNA) (P < 0.05/nSNPs) were linked to ECM, the abundance alteration of Pseudobutyrivibrio_sp. (a genus that was also showed to be linked to the ECM production via the mWASs analysis), GH24 (lysozyme), and 9,10,13-TriHOME (linoleic acid metabolism). …”
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Exploring the multi-targeted mechanism of Saikosaponin A in prostate cancer treatment: a network pharmacology and molecular docking approach by Genbao Zhu, Genbao Zhu, Genbao Zhu, Zhiming Jiang, Niuping Zhu, Niuping Zhu, Donghui Wang, Donghui Wang, Tianpeng Guo, Tianpeng Guo, Yiqing Meng, Yiqing Meng, Yi Zhu, Yi Zhu, Kemeng Tan, Mengxue Hu, Heng Tang, Xuannian Wang, Xuannian Wang

“…Saikosaponin A (SSA), a triterpenoid saponin extracted from the genus Bupleurum, exerts numerous pharmacological effects, including anti-inflammatory and anti-tumorigenic effects. …”
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Soil variation response is mediated by growth trajectories rather than functional traits in a widespread pioneer Neotropical tree by Levionnois, Sébastien, Tysklind, Niklas, Nicolini, Eric, Ferry, Bruno, Troispoux, Valérie, Le Moguedec, Gilles, Morel, Hélène, Stahl, Clément, Coste, Sabrina, Caron, Henri, Heuret, Patrick

“…Cecropia is a widespread pioneer Neotropical genus that generally dominates early successional forest stages. …”
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Longitudinal Survey of Astrovirus infection in different bat species in Zimbabwe: Evidence of high genetic Astrovirus diversity by Chidoti, Vimbiso, De Nys, Hélène, Abdi, Malika, Mashura, Getrude, Pinarello, Valérie, Chiweshe, Ngoni, Matope, Gift, Guerrini, Laure, Pfukenyi, Davies, Cappelle, Julien, Mwandiringana, Ellen, Missé, Dorothée, Gori, Elizabeth, Bourgarel, Mathieu, Liégeois, Florian

“…All the bat astroviruses tested in this study clustered with the Mamastrovirus genus. Two distinct groups of amplified sequences were identified. …”
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The bacterial microbiome modulates the initiation of brain metastasis by impacting the gut-to-brain axis by Matteo Massara, Michelle Ballabio, Bastien Dolfi, Golnaz Morad, Vladimir Wischnewski, Eleni Lamprou, Joao Lourenco, Stéphanie Claudinot, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Rui Santalla Méndez, Annamaria Kauzlaric, Nadine Fournier, Ashish V. Damania, Matthew C. Wong, Julijana Ivanisevic, Nadim J. Ajami, Jennifer A. Wargo, Johanna A. Joyce

“…We found the bacterial genus Alistipes was differentially present under antibiotic treatment and BrM progression. …”
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Diel changes in the expression of a marker gene and candidate genes for intracellular amorphous CaCO3 biomineralization in Microcystis by Bruley, Apolline, Gaëtan, Juliette, Gugger, Muriel, Pancrace, Claire, Millet, Maxime, Gaschignard, Geoffroy, Dezi, Manuela, Humbert, Jean-François, Leloup, Julie, Skouri-Panet, Fériel, Callebaut, Isabelle, Benzerara, Karim, Duprat, Elodie

“…This includes several genotypes of the Microcystis genus, a potentially toxic, bloom-forming cyanobacterium found worldwide in freshwater ecosystems. …”
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African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest by Fritz, Matthieu, Reggiardo, Bérénice, Filloux, Denis, Claude, Lisa, Fernandez, Emmanuel, Mahé, Frédéric, Kraberger, Simona, Custer, Joy M., Becquart, Pierre, Mebaley, Telstar Ndong, Kombila, Linda Bohou, Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H., Boundenga, Larson, Mombo, Illich M., Maganga, Gael D., Niama, Fabien R., Koumba, Jean-Sylvain, Ogliastro, Mylène, Yvon, Michel, Martin, Darren P., Blanc, Stéphane, Varsani, Arvind, Leroy, Eric, Roumagnac, Philippe

“…Specifically, we focused our study on the use of army ants of the genus Dorylus that are obligate collective foragers and group predators that attack and overwhelm a broad array of animal prey. …”
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