Isolation and identification of fungi found in contaminated fermented milk and antifungal activity of vanillin by Xu Pei, Mekonen Tekliye, Mingsheng Dong

“…The result showed that 14.8% of the samples were contaminated with three different species of fungi with Cladosporium spp. being the most predominant fungal contaminant. …”
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Activity Budget and Feeding Ecology of Geladas (Theropithecus gelada obscurus) around Abogedam Church West of Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia by Dereje Yazezew, Afework Bekele, Hussein Ibrahim

“…Geladas are the most distinctive of Ethiopian endemic mammals, representing the last extant species of primate genus that have a very restricted distribution in the northern Ethiopian plateau. …”
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Self-Responsive Electrospun Nanofibers Wound Dressings: The Future of Wound Care by Biruk Fentahun Adamu, Jing Gao, Esubalew Kasaw Gebeyehu, Kura Alemayehu Beyene, Melkie Getnet Tadesse, Erkihun Zelalem Liyew

“…Self-responsive mats, which are wound dressings that can release medications based on response to bacteria, oxygen species, and pH or infections, are required to reduce the overuse of antibacterial agents. …”
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GorillaFACS: The Facial Action Coding System for the Gorilla spp. by Catia Correia-Caeiro, Raquel Costa, Misato Hayashi, Anne Burrows, Jordan Pater, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Jack L Richardson, Martha M Robbins, Bridget Waller, Katja Liebal

“…Furthermore, GorillaFACS has the potential be used as an important tool to evaluate this species welfare, particularly in settings of close proximity to humans.…”
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Influence of Environmental Factors on the Aboveground Biomass of Mature and Postmining Forests in Chocó by David Pérez Abadía, Harley Quinto Mosquera, José María Del Arco

“…As such, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of factors such as forest type, succession, abundance of individuals, species richness, height, diameter, texture, and soil nutrient levels on the AB in mature and postmining forests in Chocó, Colombia. …”
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Variation of Fruits Phenotipic and Seeds Germination of Swietenia macrophylla King. Taken from Several Populations in Indonesia by Mashudi -, Hamdan Adma Adinugraha, Dedi Setiadi, Mudji Susanto

“…Broad leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King.) is one of popular species developed in the state forest plantations and smallholder forest. …”
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Genetic Basis for Variation of Metalloproteinase-Associated Biochemical Activity in Venom of the Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus) by Ruben K. Dagda, Sardar Gasanov, Ysidro De La OIII, Eppie D. Rael, Carl S. Lieb

“…These findings indicate that differences in nucleotide sequences encoding the mature proteinase domain and noncoding regions contribute to differences in venom metalloproteinase activities among rattlesnakes of the same species.…”
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Spatiotemporal Distribution and Population Structure of Monokalliapseudes schubarti (Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae) in an Estuary in Southern Brazil by Felipe Freitas-Júnior, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen, Joafrâncio Pereira de Araújo, Joaquim Olinto Branco

“…For this reason, the species may be used to monitor anthropic effects in estuarine areas.…”
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Integrated management for the environment care and conservation project’s results by Alina Arocha Arzuaga, Virginia Cano Reyes, Roberto Felipe Nicot Cos, Ada Legna Montoya Lage

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: caring for the environment, the survival of the human species and other species that populate the planet is of great importance, however, there is a few dissemination of the research related to the topic’s results.…”
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Diagnostic study of fungal and bacterial pathogens that cause vaginal infection in women by Heba Hadid Rashed, Ibtihal Muiz Al-Hussaini, Ali H. Al-Marzoqi

“…Conclusion: Through results appeared S. aureus papered was found to be more common than bacteria species and fungi in clinical cases. C. albicans was found to be more common than other Candida species.…”
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DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE COMPETITIVE ELISA-BASED TEST SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO GROUP A ROTAVIRUS IN LIVESTOCK SERA by O. P. Bjadovskaya, Ye. A. Bukhon, A. A. Nesterov

“…Test-system based on competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to Group A rotavirus in sera collected from livestock of various species (cattle, pigs) was developed. Bovine rotavirus TE87 strain of serogroup A adapted to continuous porcine embryo kidney cell culture was selected as an antigen for ELISA. …”
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Life stage hypothesis modeling determines insect vulnerability during developmental life stages to climate extremes by J. Simone Durney, Diane M. Debinski, Stephen F. Matter

“…Because Parnassius butterflies are well studied from a global perspective, results may aid in understanding the potential indicator life stages of other insect species in montane environments to climatic changes. …”
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Protonation and Solvation Thermodynamics of Some Naphthol Derivatives in KCl Aqueous Solution of Different Ionic Strengths by Farid I. El-Dossoki

“…The values of the total solubilities (ST) for naphthalen-1-ol and naphthalene-1,5-diol were found equal to the values of their neutral species (S0). On the other hand, the total solubility for 4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulphonic acid is different from that of its neutral species. …”
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C-Reactive Protein in Human Atherogenesis: Facts and Fiction by Oliver Zimmermann, Kefei Li, Myron Zaczkiewicz, Matthias Graf, Zhongmin Liu, Jan Torzewski

“…Also, experimental results from laboratories all over the world were indeed contradictory, partly because of species differences in CRP biology and partly because data were not accurately evaluated. …”
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Gorilla habituation and the role of animal agency in conservation and tourism development at Bwindi, South Western Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza, Clemens, Driessen

“…Discussions of gorilla habituation often emphasise human control of gorillas, whereby gorillas are usually singularly defined by their species membership. This perspective leaves little room for imagining the role of gorillas in habituation, conservation and tourism development processes. …”
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Precision foraging: Bats in organic desert palm plantations hunt where it is most needed by Danilo Russo, Fabiana Soprano, Luca Cistrone, Adi Einav, Jessica Schäckermann, Ioannis Ekklisiarchos, Carmi Korine

“…Higher wind speeds correlated with decreased foraging across most species, but sheltered habitats often buffered this effect. …”
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Atlantic mackerel population structure does not support genetically distinct spawning components [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Imanol Aguirre-Sarabia, Alice Manuzzi, Dorte Bekkevold, Natalia Díaz-Arce, Jessica Gomez-Garrido, Teunis Jansen, Marta Gut, Tyler S. Alioto, Sonia Sanchez-Maroño, Martin Castonguay, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Paula Álvarez

“…Conclusions Therefore, our findings resolved previous uncertainties by confirming the absence of genetically isolated spawning components in each side of the northern Atlantic, thus rejecting homing behaviour and the need to redefine management boundaries in this species. In addition, no further genetic signs of ongoing adaptation were detected in this species.…”
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Biological Impact of Exposure to Extremely Fine-Grained Volcanic Ash by Cristina Aguilera, Marco Viteri, Rachid Seqqat, Ligia Ayala Navarrette, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Ana Ruano, Marbel Torres Arias

“…The activity in superoxide dismutase decreased by about 60%, leading to the formation of reactive oxygen species. These results associated with compounds contained in Pichincha volcanic ash are considered hazardous elements which induce inflammation leading to activate inflammasome NRLP, releasing reactive oxygen species, and producing changes in cell morphology and density, all of which are expression of cytotoxicity.…”
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Isolation of a Novel Caprine <i>Eimeria christenseni</i> Strain (GC) in Canary Islands and Analysis of Parasitological, Clinical, and Pathological Findings on Experimentally Infect... by Emilio Barba, José Manuel Molina, Francisco Rodríguez, Otilia Ferrer, María Carmen Muñoz, Liliana M. R. Silva, María Cristina Del Río, José Adrián Molina, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla, Antonio Ruiz

“…<i>Eimeria christenseni</i> is considered among the most pathogenic <i>Eimeria</i> species in goats. The aim of this study was to isolate an <i>E. christenseni</i> strain and to assess its infectivity, pathogenicity, and ability to develop a protective immune response. …”
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Identification of novel fructo-oligosaccharide bacterial consumers by pulse metatranscriptomics in a human stool sample by Catherine Prattico, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Lharbi Dridi, Shiva Jazestani, Kristin E. Low, D. Wade Abbott, Corinne F. Maurice, Bastien Castagner

“…Interestingly, FOS metabolism transcripts were notably overexpressed in Blautia species not previously reported to be fructan consumers. …”
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