How Does Landscape Structure Affect Dung Beetle Assemblages in Amazon Cities? by Vanessa Pontes Mesquita, Glenda Vanessa dos Santos Bernardino, Paulo Estefano Dineli Bobrowiec, Renato Portela Salomão, Cintia Cornelius

“…The number of forest patches positively affected dung beetle abundances—except for dweller species—and negatively affected the body size of diet‐generalist species. …”
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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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New taxa and a combination in Glomerales (Glomeromycota, Glomeromycetes) by Janusz Błaszkowski, Szymon Zubek, Paweł Milczarski, Ryszard Malinowski, Piotr Niezgoda, Bruno Tomio Goto

“…Morphological studies of our M. compressa specimens grown in culture showed that the original description of this species is incomplete and, therefore, the description was emended. …”
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Threats and the active protection of birds in a riverbed: postulates for the strategy of the preservation of the middle Vistula River avifauna by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…In a situation that may lead to the extinction of first the mew gull, Larus canus, and later other species of birds, in 2005-2006, we began the active protection of endangered species on the middle Vistula River islands. …”
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Brown and red shades in the riverbed of the Nera River (Serbia) – update on the distribution and ecology of the association Hildenbrandio rivularis–Heribaudielletum fluviatilis Fri... by Trbojević Ivana, Milovanović Vanja, Sekulić Jasmina Šinžar, Sekulić Nenad, Krizmanić Jelena, Simić Gordana Subakov

“…Agardh is still one of the endangered red algae species in Europe, although its indicator value and distribution have recently been questioned. …”
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Yersinia Infection with Clostridium Difficile Colitis by M.J. Fishman, M.A. Noble, H.J. Freeman

“…Campylobacter, Aeromonas and Yersinia species. Seven patients had Yersinia species isolated during the course of their illness; no other entcric pathogens were identified. …”
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Genetic Analysis of Cytokine Promoters in Nonhuman Primates: Implications for Th1/Th2 Profile Characteristics and SIV Disease Pathogenesis by Pavel Bostik, Melanie Watkins, Francois Villinger, Aftab A. Ansari

“…In addition, several variable regions within the promoters of IL-12 p40, IL-10 and TNF-alpha in the two species contain polymorphisms in sequences that constitute binding sites of known transcription factors (TF). …”
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Molecular markers in the genetic analysis of crossability of bread wheat with rye by I. V. Porotnikov, O. Yu. Antonova, O. P. Mitrofanova

“…The crossability between wheat and related species is controlled by Kr1-Kr4 genes (Crossability with Rye, Hordeum and Aegilops spp.) and the SKr gene (Suppressor of crossability). …”
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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria Using 16s rRNA Genes from Fermented Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)) Dough by Belay Tilahun, Anteneh Tesfaye, Diriba Muleta, Andualem Bahiru, Zewdu Terefework, Gary Wessel

“…This study has confirmed the presence of different bacterial species in the fermenting teff dough and also supports the involvement of various groups of bacterial species in the course of the fermentation.…”
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Phytosanitary monitoring of the narrow-leaved lupine collection of VIR in the northwest of Russia by R. A. Abdullaev, M. A. Vishnyakova, G. P. Egorova, E. E. Radchenko

“…Narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) is an important high-protein forage and green manure crop, also promising for food use. This is a plastic species produced under various ecogeographic conditions and the only cultivated species of lupine adapted to high northern latitudes – up to 60° NL. …”
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Diverse vaginal microbiota in healthy Japanese women: a combined relative and quantitative analyses by Masahiro Ito, Misaki Kataoka, Yoichi Sato, Hideki Nachi, Koji Nomoto, Koji Nomoto, Nobuhiko Okada

“…The predominant bacterial species were consistent across methods; however, the levels of the viable population varied significantly. …”
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Parasites of the genus Nosema, Crithidia and Lotmaria in the honeybee and bumblebee populations: a case study in India by V. Y. Vavilova, I. Konopatskaia, S. L. Luzyanin, M. Woyciechowski, A. G. Blinov

“…In total 119 specimens of 4 honeybee and 5 bumblebee species were analyzed in this study. The prevalence of parasites in honeybee and bumblebee po pulations of the two Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka) were identified using PCR with primers specific for the ribosomal RNA genes cluster of Nosema, Crithidia and Lotmaria species. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) by Shufang Liu, Le Wang, Ruixiang Wang, Huan Wang, Ang Li, Changting An, Zining Meng, Zhimeng Zhuang

“…Abstract The Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus), a finfish with the largest biomass of a single species in the Yellow and East China Seas, plays an important pivotal role in converting zooplanktons into high trophic fish in the food web. …”
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Liberties of the genome: insertions of mitochondrial DNA fragments into nuclear genome by M. V. Golubenko, V. P. Puzyrev

“…Along with evolutionarily stable “genetic fossils” that were integrated into the nuclear genome millions of years ago and are shared by many species, there are NUMTS that could be species-specific, polymorphic in a species, or “private”. …”
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Penicillium psychrofluorescens sp. nov., a naturally autofluorescent Antarctic fungus by Alinta Furnell, Nicole Benaud, Xabier Vázquez-Campos, Edward C.Y. Liew, Allison Mertin, Jordan A. Vink, Kate Montgomery, Marc R. Wilkins, Brett A. Summerell, Belinda C. Ferrari

“…A new fungal species, Penicillium psychrofluorescens sp. nov. is described as a member of section Torulomyces. …”
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Annual Variation in Flowering Phenology, Pollination, Mating System, and Pollen Yield in Two Natural Populations of Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth by Vinod Prasad Khanduri, C. M. Sharma, K. S. Kumar, S. K. Ghildiyal

“…Flowering phenology of tropical tree species at population level is generally ignored and therefore a detailed knowledge of flowering and fruiting patterns of important multipurpose tree species is critical to the successful management of forest genetic resources. …”
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Assesment of Vegetation Cover Status in Dry Lands of The Sudan Using Social and Terrestrial Data by Mohammed Hamed Mohammed, Suzan Abdelrahman Hamad, Hassan Elnour Adam

“…Results of the household survey revealed that only 13 shrub/tree species mentioned by 45% of the respondents, while only 9 woody species were identified, belonging to 8 families from terrestrial inventory. …”
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Variability of morphological features and nuclear DNA content in haploids and doubled haploids of androgenic callus lines of rice (<I>Oryza sativa</I> L.) by M. V. Ilyushko, M. V. Skaptsov, M. V. Romashova

“…The work is relevant for understanding evolutionary processes in plant species. Twelve callus lines with multiple regeneration of haploids and doubled haploids were obtained in F1 hybrids of Oryza sativa L. through in vitro androgenesis. …”
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Trypsin inhibitor activity in representatives of the genus Hedysarum (Fabaceae): the polyvariance of seasonal dynamics in Southern Siberia by E. V. Zhmud, N. S. Zinner, O. V. Dorogina

“…H. theinum is a rare species for Siberia; H. flavescens is a settled one in the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia. …”
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Thrips dynamics in Allium crops: Unraveling the role of reproductive mode and weather variables in Thrips tabaci population development. by Bettina Porta, Ben Vosman, Pablo González Barrios, Richard G F Visser, Guillermo A Galván, Olga E Scholten

“…Thrips tabaci is the main thrips species affecting onion and related species. It is a cryptic species complex comprising three phylogenetic groups characterized by different reproductive modes (thelytoky or arrhenotoky) and host plant specialization. …”
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