Population structure of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Digenea) with new data on haplotype diversity of flukes from Slovakia and Italy by Juhásová Ľudmila, Bazsalovicsová Eva Čisovská, Caffara Monica, Radačovská Alžbeta, Gustinelli Andrea, Dinisová Lucia, Syrota Yaroslav, Králová-Hromadová Ivica

“…Previous studies pointed out the complicated taxonomy of the genus, but broader population genetic analysis of C. complanatum has not yet been carried out. …”
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A stem of an arborescent lycopsid Sigillaria with attached rooting organs Stigmaria from the Pennsylvanian of the Donets Basin, eastern Ukraine by Vitaly Dernov, Halyna Anfimova

“…Stigmaria represents root organs of several families of tree-like lycopsids, i.e. they are a classic form-genus. The remains of Stigmaria are among the most common Carboniferous fossils in the Donets Basin. …”
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Comparison of Airborne Bacterial Populations Determined by Passive and Active Air Sampling at puy de Dôme, France by Kevin P. Dillon, Romie Tignat-Perrier, Muriel Joly, Sydonia N. C. M. Grogan, Catherine Larose, Pierre Amato, Gediminas Mainelis

“…Overall, 12 to 63% of the total bacterial richness at the genus level was shared between the two samplers, depending upon a paired sample, i.e., sampling week. …”
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Heterothallism and potential hybridization events inferred for twenty-two yellow morel species by Xi-Hui Du, Dongmei Wu, Heng Kang, Hanchen Wang, Nan Xu, Tingting Li, Keliang Chen

“…Herein, we characterized the MAT1–1-1 and MAT1–2-1 genes of twenty-two species in the Esculenta Clade, another main group in the genus Morchella, and proved heterothallism to be the predominant mating strategy among the twenty-two species tested. …”
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Effect of copper ions on the associations of <i>Azospirillum</i> bacteria with wheat seedlings (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by A. Yu. Muratova, E. V. Lyubun, S. N. Golubev, O. V. Turkovskaya

“…We evaluated the effect of copper ions on common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) inoculated with three plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) of the genus Azospirillum. We analyzed the growth variables of 14-day-old wheat seedlings, the content of photosynthesis pigments, the activity of plant oxidoreductases, and the accumulation of copper by plant tissues. …”
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Absence of Tuberculosis-Causing Mycobacteria from Slaughtered Livestock Tissues and Environmental Samples, Gauteng Province, South Africa by Vuyokazi Mareledwane, Abiodun A. Adesiyun, Tiny M. Hlokwe

“…From the environmental samples, bacterial isolation was made from three samples, and two could only be identified up to the genus level (Mycobacterium species) while the remaining isolate was identified as Mycobacterium senuense (99.22% identity). …”
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Distribution and environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in poultry farms and surrounding ecosystems by ShangMin Li, Kai Wang, DanPing Wang, HongZhi Wang, HuaXuan Zhao, JunHua Pu, KeHua Wang, ChunMei Li

“…Pseudomonas was dominant in cloacal samples at the genus level, whereas Fusobacterium was prevalent in soil. …”
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Pyruvic Oxime Nitrification and Copper and Nickel Resistance by a Cupriavidus pauculus, an Active Heterotrophic Nitrifier-Denitrifier by Miguel Ramirez, Jennifer Obrzydowski, Mary Ayers, Sonia Virparia, Meijing Wang, Kurtis Stefan, Richard Linchangco, Domenic Castignetti

“…Nucleotide and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the organism is a member of a genus (Cupriavidus) known for its resistance to metals and its metabolism of xenobiotics. …”
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Trichoderma collection from Brazilian soil reveals a new species: T. cerradensis Sp. nov. by Gustavo Henrique Silva Peixoto, Rildo Alexandre Fernandes da Silva, Ana Beatriz Zacaroni, Thais França Silva, Priscila Chaverri, Priscila Chaverri, Danilo Batista Pinho, Sueli Corrêa Marques de Mello

“…However, only a limited number of species are used in biological control even though the genus contains more than 400 species, with most of them being mycotrophic. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distributions of Sheep and Goat Pox Disease Outbreaks in the Period 2013–2019 in Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Sileshi Aregahagn, Belege Tadesse, Bethelihem Tegegne, Yalelet Worku, Seid Mohammed

“…Sheep and goat pox is highly contagious viral infection of sheep and goats caused by the genus Capripox virus. Clinically, the disease is characterized by fever, macules developing into papules, and necrotic lesions in the skin and nodular lesions in internal organs. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Identification of Biological Control Agent for Potato Soft Rot in Bangladesh by M. M. Rahman, M. E. Ali, A. A. Khan, A. M. Akanda, Md. Kamal Uddin, U. Hashim, S. B. Abd Hamid

“…Physiological, biochemical, and carbon source utilization tests identified isolate E-65 as a member of the genus Bacillus and the isolate E-45 as Lactobacillus sp. …”
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Addressing widespread misidentifications of traditional medicinal mushrooms in Sanghuangporus (Basidiomycota) through ITS barcoding and designation of reference sequences by Shan Shen, Shi-Liang Liu, Ji-Hang Jiang, Li-Wei Zhou

“…Abstract “Sanghuang” refers to a group of important traditionally-used medicinal mushrooms belonging to the genus Sanghuangporus. In practice, species of Sanghuangporus referred to in medicinal studies and industry are now differentiated mainly by a BLAST search of GenBank with the ITS barcoding region as a query. …”
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Global diversity and phylogeny of Incrustoporiaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with an emphasis on Skeletocutis by Zhan-Bo Liu, Hong-Gao Liu, Josef Vlasák, Genevieve M. Gates, Zhen-Hao Li, Yu-Cheng Dai, Yuan Yuan

“…A total of 20 new species within the genus Skeletocutis are described, namely Skeletocutis crystallina, S. cunninghamiae, S. cylindrica, S. ellipsoidea, S. flavipora, S. latemarginata, S. liangdongii, S. monocotyledona, S. montanus, S. neoalbomarginata, S. oceanica, S. ochraceocarpa, S. quercicola, S. sinica, S. sinoalbomarginata, S. sinochrysella, S. subamorpha, S. subdiluta, S. subkrawtzewii, and S. sublilacina. …”
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Differences in specificity, development time and virulence between two acanthocephalan parasites, infecting two cryptic species of Gammarus fossarum by Bauer, Alexandre, Develay Nguyen, Lucie, Motreuil, Sébastien, Teixeira, Maria, Debrosse, Nelly, Rigaud, Thierry

“…Several species of acanthocephalan manipulative parasites (among which Pomphorhynchus laevis and P. tereticollis) use various amphipod species of the genus Gammarus as intermediate hosts. Many Gammarus pulex and G. fossarum cryptic lineages are living in sympatry in European rivers, questioning the spectrum of intermediate hosts that acanthocephalans can use, and their relative contribution to their life cycles. …”
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PHENETIC ANALYSIS OF POPULUS NIGRA, P. LAURIFOLIA AND P. × JRTYSCHENSIS IN NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION ZONE by A. V. Klimov, B. V. Proshkin

“…The wide spread of hybridization in the genus Populus, including spontaneous hybridization, caused by cultivars, requires studying the variability and inheritance of morphological traits by hybrids for initial tracking of these processes. …”
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Nutrient Stimulation of Indigenous Microorganisms for Oil-in-Water Emulsion in a Medium Temperature Petroleum Reservoir with Ca2+-Rich Brine by Guoxin Shi, Yuanyuan Jia, Lei Bai, Guoqiang Li, Xiaoli Liu, Meichen Liu, Xuecheng Dai, Xuefeng Tian, Hongbo Wang, Ting Ma

“…This study provides a promising path for direct enrichment of biosurfactant-producing and oil-degrading Dietzia genus and a potential instructional approach of indigenous MEOR in Luliang oilfield.…”
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Characterization of the Fungal Microbiome (Mycobiome) in Fecal Samples from Dogs by M. Lauren Foster, Scot E. Dowd, Christine Stephenson, Jörg M. Steiner, Jan S. Suchodolski

“…Candida was the most abundant genus found in both the diseased dogs (median: 1.9%, range: 0.2%–38.5% of sequences) and healthy dogs (median: 5.2%, range: 0.0%–63.1% of sequences). …”
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Phenolic Contents and Antioxidant Potential of Crataegus Fruits Grown in Tunisia as Determined by DPPH, FRAP, and β-Carotene/Linoleic Acid Assay by Farouk Mraihi, Mohamed Journi, Jamila Kalthoum Chérif, Munevver Sokmen, Atalay Sokmen, Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi

“…Crataegus fruit is one of most important fruits in Tunisian flora. Some fruits of this genus are edible. This study was undertaken in order to examine the benefits of these fruits in human health and their composition of antioxidants including total polyphenol, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins content, and total anthocyanins. …”
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Clinical Features of Four West Nile Virus Cases and Its Molecular Characterization from a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital by Shoba Mammen, Aiswarya Nair, Santhosh Kumar, Zayina Zonderveni, A. T. Prabhakar, Turaka Vijay Prakash, Sanjith Aaron, Mathew Alexander, Anand Zachariah, Asha Mary Abraham

“…It belongs to the family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus. Although it is primarily transmitted by the Culex spp of mosquitoes, other routes of transmission are also well defined. …”
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Aqueous extracts from indigenous plant in Burkina Faso with bio-herbicide properties to reduce Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth propagation by Tinkoudougou Cathérine Sawadogo/Ilboudo, Djibril Yonli, Soumaïla Sourabie, Patrice Zerbo, Hamidou Traoré, Joseph Issaka Boussim

“…Abstract Background The genus Striga includes 11 parasitic plants species of food crops in at least 50 African countries. …”
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