<i>Hylomecon japonica</i>: A Review About Botanical Aspects, Traditional Applications, Chemical Composition, and Pharmacological Properties by Yue Tian, Guangqing Xia, Junyi Zhu, Li Li, Hao Zang

“…Prantl et Kundig is a plant whose root and rhizome belong to the genus <i>Hylomecon</i> within the Papaveraceae family. …”
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Reduction of chickens use to perform in vitro pre-screening of novel anticoccidials by miniaturisation and increased throughput of the current Eimeria tenella compound-screening mo... by Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Javier Regidor-Cerrillo, Luis Ortega-Mora, Sara Arias-Maroto, Kelsilandia Aguiar-Martins

“…This disease is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria (Apicomplexa), and it is mainly controlled by chemoprophylaxis with ionophores and chemical anticoccidials; however, there is an overall agreement about the limitation of these traditional drugs and the need to improve current methods of control. …”
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Detection of Mycoplasma spp. from snakes from five different families by Marline M. Faulhaber, Florence Tardy, Franziska Saul, Elisabeth Müller, Michael Pees, Rachel E. Marschang

“…A total of 640 samples (mostly oral swabs) from snakes of 5 different families (Boidae n = 114, Colubridae n = 109, Elapidae n = 34, Pythonidae n = 301 and Viperidae n = 82) were included in the study. A genus-specific PCR (PCR1) developed for the detection of Mycoplasma [Mycoplasmopsis] agassizii and a pan-mycoplasma PCR (PCR2) were used. …”
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Assessing Microbial Diversity in Páramo Soils (Multistrategy Analysis): Effects of Potato Farming and Livestock Grazing in Nevados National Natural Park, Colombia by Lizeth Manuela Avellaneda-Torres, Tomás León Sicard, Edlin Guerra Castro, Esperanza Torres-Rojas

“…Changes associated with potato farming and livestock grazing on microorganisms of Páramo soil of the Nevados National Natural Park (Nevados NNP) were assessed by (1) determination of physical and chemical properties (physicochemical matrix) and enzymatic activities associated (enzymatic activity matrix) with different biogeochemical cycles (C, N, and P); (2) microbial community functional diversity via evaluation of functional groups associated with carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles using cultivation-dependent techniques (arable functional group matrix and most probable number matrix); and (3) microbial diversity using cultivation-independent techniques that employ the hypervariable V5–V6 region of the 16S rRNA gene and pyrosequencing (16S-454 genus matrix and 16S-454 OTU matrix). Four of the six evaluated matrices (physicochemical, enzymatic activities, most probable number, and arable functional groups) revealed significant differences according to land use. …”
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome of <i>Niphon spinosus</i> (Perciformes: Niphonidae): Genome Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis by Maheshkumar Prakash Patil, Jong-Oh Kim, Seung Hyun Yoo, Jiyoung Shin, Ji-Young Yang, Kyunghoi Kim, Gun-Do Kim

“…The species <i>Niphon spinosus</i> (Cuvier, 1829) is the only representative of the family Niphonidae and the genus <i>Niphon</i>, and its taxonomic history is complicated; it is still unclear in a phylogenetic sense. …”
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Measles Outbreak among Previously Immunized Adult Healthcare Workers, China, 2015 by Zhengyi Zhang, Yuan Zhao, Lili Yang, Changhong Lu, Ying Meng, Xiaoli Guan, Hongjin An, Meizhong Zhang, Wenqin Guo, Bo Shang, Jing Yu

“…Measles is caused by measles virus belonging to genus Morbillivirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. …”
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Effects of Dazomet Fumigation Combined with <i>Trichoderma harzianum</i> on Soil Microbial Community Structure of Continuously Cropped Strawberry by Ran Wu, Yan Li, Jian Meng, Jiangwei Han

“…The results revealed that the richness and diversity of the soil bacterial and fungal communities decreased after dazomet fumigation and that the addition of <i>T. harzianum</i> after dazomet fumigation increased both the richness of the soil bacterial communities and the diversity of the fungal communities. At the genus level, the composition ratios of the soil bacterial and fungal communities in the different treatments also substantially differed. …”
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Deltacoronavirus HKU11, HKU13, PDCoV (HKU15) and HKU17 spike pseudoviruses enter avian DF-1 cells via clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a Rab5-, Rab7- and pH-dependent manner by Qi-Zhang Liang, Chun-Miao Ji, Bin Wang, Wei Chen, Feng Cong, Yu Huang, Yao-Wei Huang

“…Abstract Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), also known as HKU15, is a swine enteropathogenic virus that is believed to have originated in birds. PDCoV belongs to the genus Deltacoronavirus (DCoV), the members of which have mostly been identified in diverse avian species. …”
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Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Small Mammals and Infesting Ticks in Laikipia County, Kenya by Erick Titus Mosha, Joseph K. N. Kuria, Moses Otiende, Isaac Lekolool

“…Anaplasmosis is a set of disease conditions of various mammals caused by bacteria species of the genus Anaplasma. These are sub-microscopic, Gram-negative, obligate intracellular pathogens that infect both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. …”
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Effects of resistant starch III on the serum lipid levels and gut microbiota of Kunming mice under high-fat diet by Xuhui Chen, Zhirong Wang, Di Wang, Jianquan Kan

“…An Illumina-based sequencing approach showed that RS3 notably increased the Bacteroides/Firmicutes ratio in the mice fed a high-fat diet. At the genus level, the relative abundance of Bacteroides, Ruminococcus, and Bifidobacterium and the number of main SCFA producers increased in the mice fed an RS3 diet. …”
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Imbalance of the Gut Microbiota May Be Associated with Missed Abortions: A Perspective Study from a General Hospital of Hunan Province by Bingsi Gao, Xingping Zhao, Xinyi Liu, Xuan Yang, Aiqian Zhang, Huan Huang, Yu-ligh Liou, Dabao Xu

“…Prevotella, Lactobacillus, and Paracoccus were significantly more abundant in the control group than in the case group at the genus level (P<0.05). (2) KEGG pathway enrichment analysis found significant differences in 27 signaling pathways and metabolic pathways between the two groups of differentially expressed genes (all adjusted P<0.05). (3) The positive rate of M. hominins (MH) detection in the control group was significantly higher in the MA group (χ2=7.853, P=0.004). …”
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Screening and Characterization of Thermostable Amylase-Producing Bacteria Isolated from Soil Samples of Afdera, Afar Region, and Molecular Detection of Amylase-Coding Gene by Semira Nureddin Yassin, Tamene Milkessa Jiru, Meera Indracanti

“…Based on their morphological and biochemical characteristics, the isolates were identified as genus Bacillus. PCR amplification and detection of the amylase-coding gene confirmed the presence of the amylase gene in the three bacterial isolates. …”
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Effect of microbial community on the formation of flavor components in cigar tobacco leaves during air-curing by Lin Zhang, Wenlong Li, Zheng Peng, Juan Zhang

“…Results High-throughput sequencing analysis showed that Pantoea, Sphingomonas and Pseudomonas were the dominant bacterial genera during air-curing process, while Aspergillus was the dominant fungal genus. Subsequently, volatile flavor analysis shows that alkaloids were the most important volatile compounds in cigar leaves, followed by esters, alcohols and aldehydes. …”
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Phenols from Vaccinium dunalianum Wight: Secondary Mass Spectrometry Fragmentation and Neuroprotective Effect by ZHOU Tang, WANG Ji, QIAO Wenhao, LIN Zhiqi, ZHU Hongbo, CHANG Yue, HU Weiyan, ZHANG Rongping, CHEN Xinglong

“…Totally 16 phenolic compounds were isolated and identified from the water extract of V. dunalianum buds, including seven arbutins, four flavonoids, two lignansand, and three other phenolic compounds, among which compounds 2–5, 7, and 11–16 were isolated from the Vaccinium genus for the first time. Secondary mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis revealed that the major fragmentation pathway of glycosides in the negative ion mode was the breakage of glycosidic bonds to produce fragments of aglycone or glycosyl units. …”
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Exploring the prognostic role of microbial and genetic markers in lung squamous cell carcinoma by Fan Yang, Xiaodong Jia, Zihuan Ma, Siyao Liu, Chunzi Liu, Dan Chen, Xiuju Wang, Niansong Qian, Hui Ma

“…LUSC patient data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), including microbial genus level abundance data and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data, were used as a training dataset. …”
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The genomes of Scedosporium between environmental challenges and opportunism by Francesco Venice, Federica Spina, Domenico Davolos, Stefano Ghignone, Giovanna Cristina Varese

“…By contrast, our limited understanding of opportunism and antifungal resistance is preventing us from identifying, limiting and interpreting the emergence of fungal pathogens. The genus Scedosporium (Microascaceae) includes fungi with high tolerance to environmental pollution, whilst some species can be considered major human pathogens, such as Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium boydii. …”
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In Vitro Acid Resistance of Pathogenic Candida Species in Simulated Gastric Fluid by Eri Ikeda, Masaya Yamaguchi, Masayuki Ono, Shigetada Kawabata

“…Background and Aims: Although species in the fungal genus Candida are often commensal residents of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, they can also cause high-mortality systemic candidiasis. …”
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Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece by Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christos Barboutis, Anastasios Bounas, Christina Kassara, Ben J. Mans, Anastasios Saratsis, Ala Tabor

“…In total, 104 adults and 149 nymphs (all belonging to Haemaphysalis genus) were collected. All ticks, apart from 2 nymphs, exhibited broadly salient palpi and did not possess the pronounced palpal segment 2 spurs or spur-like angles that are characteristic of adults, nymphs and most larvae of Rhipistoma, thus placed them in the Ornithophysalis subgenus. …”
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Surrounded by invaders: marmoset conservation challenges in Brazilian Atlantic Forest fragments by Vanessa de Paula Guimarães-Lopes, Natasha Grosch Loureiro, Júlia Simões Damo, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Flávio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Rodrigo Lima Massara

“…Abstract Fragmented landscapes resulting from Atlantic Forest loss can facilitate biological invasions by certain species of the Callithrix genus. These primates demonstrate high invasion potential, spreading across Brazil, competing for resources, and even hybridizing with C. aurita, the only native species to Rio Doce State Park (RDSP). …”
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Gut microbiota and bacterial associations in monkeys with gastrointestinal diseases in the setting of helminth infestation by V. A. Kalashnikova, T. P. Egorova, A. V. Demerchyan, V. I. Polyakova, Y. I. Lenshina, D. A. Ilyazyants, I. M. Arshba

“…In the isolated microflora, the top position was taken by the representatives of genus Proteus. The percentage of pathogenic enterobacteria detections was low, and Shigella flexneri was the leader among them. …”
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