In Vitro Susceptibility and Florfenicol Resistance in Citrobacter Isolates and Whole-Genome Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Citrobacter freundii by Wangxiao Zhou, Qianqian Chen, Changrui Qian, Kai Shen, Xinyi Zhu, Danying Zhou, Wei Lu, Zhewei Sun, Hongmao Liu, Kewei Li, Teng Xu, Qiyu Bao, Junwan Lu

“…The genus Citrobacter is an opportunistic pathogen causing infections in animals, and the published data for its resistance to florfenicol are scarce. …”
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Genome assembly of an endemic butterfly (Minois aurata) shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying ecological adaptation to arid valley habitat by Wenqian Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jialong Huang, Jingge Kuang, Lei Wang, Kangshan Mao, Liang Dou

“…Further mitochondrial genome analysis of four Minois species placed M. aurata in a basal position within the genus, supporting it as an independent species. A total of 185 rapidly evolving and 232 specific gene families were identified in M. aurata. …”
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Characterization and Probiotic Potential of <i>Levilactobacillus brevis</i> DPL5: A Novel Strain Isolated from Human Breast Milk with Antimicrobial Properties Against Biofilm-Formi... by Ivan Iliev, Galina Yahubyan, Elena Apostolova-Kuzova, Mariyana Gozmanova, Daniela Mollova, Iliya Iliev, Lena Ilieva, Mariana Marhova, Velizar Gochev, Vesselin Baev

“…Lactobacillus is a key genus of probiotics commonly utilized for the treatment of oral infections The primary aim of our research was to investigate the probiotic potential of the newly isolated <i>Levilactobacillus brevis</i> DPL5 strain from human breast milk, focusing on its ability to combat biofilm-forming pathogens such as <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. …”
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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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The Thermal Tolerance of Springtails in a Tropical Cave, with the Description of a New <i>Coecobrya</i> Species (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Thailand by Nongnapat Manee, Louis Deharveng, Cyrille A. D’Haese, Areeruk Nilsai, Satoshi Shimano, Sopark Jantarit

“…A new species of Collembola in the genus <i>Coecobrya</i>, <i>C. microphthalma</i> <b>sp. nov.…”
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Cecum microbiota composition, fermentation characteristics, and immunometabolic biomarkers of Yunshang black goat fed varying dietary energy and protein levels by Binlong Fu, Xiaoqi Zhao, Muhammad Khan, Yanting Jiang, Weijuan Li, Maida Mushtaq, Baiji Danzeng, Xiaojun Ni, Zobia Azeem, Qingyong Shao, Bai Xue, Yina Ouyang

“…Verrucomicrobia abundance was lower in LEHP than in HELP and LELP (p &lt; 0.05). At the genus level, 311 genera were identified, with Clostridium, Prevotella, unidentified_BS11, and others showing significant variation. …”
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Image-based analysis of quantitative morphological characteristics of wild potato tubers using the desktop application SeedСounter by K. A. Ivanova, E. G. Komyshev, M. A. Genaev, A. A. Egorova, K. A. Koloshina, N. A. Chalaya, D. A. Afonnikov, A. V. Kochetov, E. V. Rogozina, S. V. Gerasimova

“…The development of quantitative digital phenotyping methods for evaluation of wild potato (section Petota Dumort., genus Solanum L.) tuberization is required for annotation of genebank collections and selection of the suitable donor material for potato breeding. …”
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Molecular characterization and lineage analysis of canine astrovirus strains from dogs with gastrointestinal disease in Ecuador based on ORF-2 gene analysis by Anthony Loor-Giler, Anthony Loor-Giler, Silvana Santander-Parra, Sara Castillo-Reyes, Martín Campos, Martín Campos, Renan Mena-Perez, Renan Mena-Perez, Santiago Prado-Chiriboga, Santiago Prado-Chiriboga, Luis Nunez, Luis Nunez

“…Canine Astrovirus (CaAstV) part of the Astroviridae family and genus Mamastrovirus, is a linear RNA virus with a genome of approximately 6.6 kb with three open reading frames (ORF): ORF1a and ORF1b, which code for the most conserved non-structural proteins, and ORF2, which code for the capsid protein, the most variable region of the genome. …”
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Human soft tissue sarcomas harbor an intratumoral viral microbiome which is linked with natural killer cell infiltrate and prognosis by William J Murphy, Robert J Canter, Nikhil Joshi, Sean J Judge, Morgan A Darrow, Steve W Thorpe, Alicia A Gingrich, Lauren M Perry, Sylvia M Cruz, Kara T Kleber, Louis B Jones, Ugur N Basmaci, Matthew L Settles, Blythe P Durbin-Johnson, Arta Monir Monjazeb, Janai Carr-Ascher, Jonathan A Eisen

“…Metagenomic classification was used to estimate abundance using genus and species taxonomic levels across all classified organisms, and data were analyzed with respect to clinicopathologic factors.Results Fifteen patients were enrolled. …”
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Description of a new Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan by Abid Ali, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Numan, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Mashal M. Almutairi, Ronel Pienaar, Minique H. de Castro, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ben J. Mans, Ala Tabor

“…The genus Ornithodoros is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus Pavlovskyella. …”
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Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Alphacoronaviruses in Bat Populations of Rostov and Novosibirsk Regions of Russia, 2021–2023 by Olesia V. Ohlopkova, Igor V. Popov, Ilia V. Popov, Kristina A. Stolbunova, Marina A. Stepanyuk, Alexey D. Moshkin, Aleksei A. Maslov, Ivan A. Sobolev, Aleksey V. Malinovkin, Elizaveta V. Tkacheva, Daria A. Bogdanova, Ekaterina A. Lukbanova, Alexey M. Ermakov, Alexander Y. Alekseev, Svetoslav D. Todorov, Alexander M. Shestopalov

“…Utilizing PCR screening and sequencing, viruses belonging to the <i>Alphacoronavirus</i> genus were detected in several bat species, with prevalence rates ranging from 4.94% to 62.5%. …”
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Control of Ectoparasitic Monogenean Infestation on GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) using Salt Addition by Yani Hadiroseyani, L.S. Harti, Sri Nuryati

“…Hasil identifikasi menunjukkan bahwa terdapat dua genus monogenea yang menyerang ikan nila yaitu Gyrodactylus sp. pada permukaan tubuh dan sirip serta Cichlidogyrus sp. pada insang dengan prevalensi mencapai 100%. …”
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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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Sepiolite immobilizes soil Cd to optimize microbial community structure thereby promoting wheat growth and reducing Cd accumulation by Ziqi Li, Xiaoxun Xu, Xin Qi, Changlian Xu, Guiyin Wang, Shirong Zhang, Zhanbiao Yang, Zhang Cheng, Junzhuo Cai, Guochun Lv, Ting Li, Yulin Pu, Yongxia Jia

“…Moreover, the study noted an increase in the relative abundance of dominant species such as Bacteroidota, Acidobacteria, Myxococcota, and Patescibacteria at the phylum level, as well as Sphingomonas at the genus level (3.35 % −39.27 %). This shift indicated an optimized microbial community structure. …”
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in buffaloes in Argentina: intradermoreaction, compatible lesions and bacteriological culture by Emilia Irina Martínez, Fabiana Cipolini Galarza, Nolly María Monzón, Ana Gabriela Espasandin, José Luis Konrad, Elvira Falzoni, Soledad Barandiaran, Jimena Marfil, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Diana Elina Martínez

“…In molecular tests, the hsp65 gene was amplified to determine the genus Mycobacteria, as well as the insertion sequence IS6110, the most widely used marker for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex. …”
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Comparative Genomics Reveals Evidence of the Genome Reduction and Metabolic Potentials of <i>Aliineobacillus hadale</i> Isolated from Challenger Deep Sediment of the Mariana Trench by Shaofeng Yang, Jie Liu, Yang Liu, Weichao Wu, Jiahua Wang, Yuli Wei

“…Based on the GTDB taxonomy and phenotypic data, strain Lsc_1132^T could represent a novel species of a novel genus, proposed as <i>Aliineobacillus hadale</i> gen. nov. sp. nov. …”
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Effects of dietary l-carnosine supplementation on the growth, intestinal microbiota, and serum metabolome of fattening lambs by Yaxuan Meng, Yaxuan Meng, Yaxuan Meng, Tingting Xian, Tingting Xian, Guolei Kang, Hongna Wang, Tao Feng, Tao Feng, Tao Feng

“…The dominant phyla in the intestinal microbiota (Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes) did not significantly differ between the two groups (p &gt; 0.05). At the genus level, the abundances of Syntrophococcus (p &lt; 0.01) and Butyricimonas (p &lt; 0.001) were higher, whereas those of Escherichia-Shigella and Candidatus Saccharimonas were significantly lower in group L than in group C (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Evaluation of twin-arginine translocation substrate proteins as potential antigen candidates for serodiagnosis of brucellosis by Yao Wu, Yao Wu, Xin Yan, Mingjun Sun, Xiaohan Guo, Jiaqi Li, Xiangxiang Sun, Xiangxiang Sun, Mengda Liu, Mengda Liu, Haobo Zhang, Haobo Zhang, Wenlong Nan, Weixing Shao, Fangkun Wang, Xiaoxu Fan, Xiaoxu Fan, Shufang Sun

“…IntroductionBrucellosis, an infectious zoonotic disease caused by members of the genus Brucella, results in chronic multi-organ injury. …”
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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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Effects of Salt Field Waste-Generated Bio-Organic Fertilizer Application on Bacterial Community Structure in Tea Plantations Rhizosphere Soil by Chengran Yu, Liuting Zhou, Xiaoyun Huang, Xiaofeng You, Jiali Lin, Haidong Han, Xiusheng Huang

“…The results showed that the dominant bacterial species in the rhizosphere soil of tea plants were <i>Chloroflexi</i>, <i>Acidobacteriota</i>, and <i>Proteobacteria</i>. The most dominant genus were <i>k__Bacteria</i>__<i>p__Proteobacteria</i>__<i>c__uncultured</i>__<i>o__uncultured</i>__<i>f__uncultured</i>__<i>g__uncultured</i>, <i>k__Bacteria</i>__<i>p__Acidobacteriota</i>__<i>c__Acidobacteriae</i>__<i>o__Subgroup_2</i>__<i>f__Subgroup_2</i>__<i>g__Subgroup_2</i>, <i>k__Bacteria</i>__<i>p__Chloroflexi</i>__<i>c__AD3</i>__<i>o__AD3</i>__<i>f__AD3</i>__<i>g__AD3</i>, <i>k__Bacteria</i>__<i>p__Chloroflexi</i>__<i>c__Ktedonobacteria</i>__<i>o__Ktedonobacterales</i>__<i>f__Ktedonobacteraceae</i>__<i>g__HSB_OF53-F07</i>, and <i>g__Acidothermus</i>. …”
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