Species determination using AI machine-learning algorithms: Hebeloma as a case study by Peter Bartlett, Ursula Eberhardt, Nicole Schütz, Henry J. Beker

“…The database now has about 9000 collections including nearly every type collection worldwide and represents over 120 different taxa. Almost every collection has been analysed and identified to species using a combination of the available molecular and morphological data in addition to locality and habitat information. …”
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Intercellular and extracellular amino acids of different bloom species in the Mediterranean Sea by Hosny Shimaa, El-Sheekh Mostafa, Labib Wagdy

“…A major difference that distinguishes this work from others is the use of specific multi-taxa cultures of phytoplankton and macroalgae. The study represents a new research effort in Alexandria waters.…”
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Convergent evolution of oxidized sugar metabolism in commensal and pathogenic microbes in the inflamed gut by Sophia Levy, Angela K. Jiang, Maggie R. Grant, Gabriela Arp, Glory Minabou Ndjite, Xiaofang Jiang, Brantley Hall

“…Here, we demonstrate that disparate taxa recapitulate the metabolism of the oxidized sugars glucarate and galactarate, utilizing enzymatically divergent, yet functionally equivalent, gud/gar pathways. …”
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Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the world’s highest aquatic environments from the Western Himalayas, India by Pardhi Samadhan, Kokila Thiruvalan, Thacker Mital, Alakananda B., Karthick Balasubramanian

“…The study enlists a total of 74 taxa belonging to 40 genera along with photomicrographic plates. …”
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The Aphid Fauna (Hemiptera:Aphidoidea) and Host Plants of The Büyükada Island (İstanbul, Turkey) by Hayal Akyıldırım Beğen, Gazi Görür

“…Apterae and alatae individuals of aphid samples were collected as much as possible from aphid colonies on culti-vated and ornamental plants. 43 aphid taxa including two new records Turkey aphid fauna (1 family, 6 subfami-lya, 6 tribus ve 23 genus) were determined on 46 different plant species at the end of the study. …”
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A state-of-art review of Loricariidae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) cytogenetics by Francisco de Menezes Cavalcante Sassi, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Orlando Moreira-Filho

“…Populational studies have been conducted only in a few taxa, but a remarkable karyotype variation that includes B chromosomes is shown. …”
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Les lémuriens subfossiles dans le Nord-Ouest de Madagascar, du terrain à la diffusion des connaissances ou 15 ans de recherches franco-malgaches by Dominique Gommery, Beby Ramanivosoa

“…A new species of extinct lemur was described, Palaeopropithecus kelyus. Numerous non-lemur taxa are recorded (micro-and macrofauna) and contribute to understand the history of the past biodiversity and palaeoenvironments.This fair collaboration is also a human adventure. …”
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On the Origin of the Nervous System Based on Studying Sensillae in Acoel Turbellarians (Acoela) by Ya.I. Zabotin, A.I. Golubev

“…The revision of the literature data on the early periods of evolution of nervous-sensory apparatus in various taxa of lower invertebrates (sponges, coelenterates and acoel turbellarians) is presented.…”
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Multiplexed transcriptomic analyzes of the plant embryonic hourglass by Hao Wu, Ruqiang Zhang, Karl J. Niklas, Michael J. Scanlon

“…Abstract Zoologists have adduced morphological convergence among embryonic stages of closely related taxa, which has been called the phylotypic stage of embryogenesis. …”
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Water Quality Assessment of Derinçay Stream (Çorum) by Biotic Indices by Faruk Maraşlıoğlu, Süleyman İpek

“…In this study, counting and identification were performed on epiphytic diatom samples taken from 6 sampling stations located on the Derinçay Stream (Çorum). In the study, 42 taxa belonging to Bacillariophyta were identified, and the dominant taxon of the stream was Nitschia palea. …”
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Age and sex-related variations in murine laryngeal microbiota. by Ran An, Anumitha Venkatraman, John Binns, Callie Saric, Federico E Rey, Susan L Thibeault

“…Measures of alpha diversity and beta diversity were obtained, along with differentially abundant taxa across age groups and biological sexes. There was relative stability of the laryngeal microbiota within each age group and no significant bacterial compositional shift in the laryngeal microbiome across the lifespan. …”
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CAMELLIA SINENSIS VAR. MADOENSIS (SECT. THEA, THEACEAE), A NEW TAXON FROM VIETNAM by Tran Vu Nguyen, Thi Phuong Nhu Van, Xuan Son Le, Van Ngoc Nguyen, Van Dung Luong, Thi Huy Tra Trinh, Ba Nam Nguyen, Ngoc Trieu Le

“…The ITS sequence of this variety is also different from that of Camellia sinensis and its other varieties, while the matK gene sequences are nearly identical among Camellia taxa. …”
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New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies... by Jorge Gustavo Meso, Jonah Nathaniel Choiniere, Mattia Antonio Baiano, Stephen Louis Brusatte, Juan Ignacio Canale, Leonardo Salgado, Diego Pol, Michael Pittman

“…This clade had a widespread distribution in Laurasia in what is now Europe, Asia, and North America, although there are also several Cretaceous taxa from Gondwana in what is now Argentina that all belong to the family Alvarezsauridae. …”
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Human, almost human: how many human species are there? by Thierry Hoquet

“…On the biological aspect, the counting of species is problematic insofar as the concept of "species" does not only refer to taxa, but also to taxonomic rank (as opposed to variety). …”
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Geology and climate drive alpine plant compositional variation among peaks in the Cascade Range of Washington. by Erik W Ertsgaard, Nicholas L Gjording, Jonathan D Bakker, Joseph A Kleinkopf, David E Giblin

“…We documented an average of 54 species per peak and used our overall inventory of 307 taxa to construct a phylogenetic tree for the entire mountain range plant community sampled. …”
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PRÁTICAS DE CUSTEIO E CONTROLO DE GESTÃO NO SECTOR HOTELEIRO DO ALGARVE by ANA RITA FARIA, DUARTE TRIGUEIROS, LEONOR FERREIRA

“…Os resultados revelam uma elevada taxa de adopção do USALI e de técnicas de contabilidade de gestão tradicionais, como é o caso dos orçamentos, mas uma reduzida ou nula utilização do custeio baseado nas actividades (CBA), da análise de rendibilidade de clientes, do Balanced Scorecard (BSC) e de outras técnicas contemporâneas. …”
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Does Reproductive Success in Orchids Affect the Evolution of Their Number of Flowers? by Iva Traxmandlová, Michaela Steffelová, Pavel Kindlmann

“…This question is complex and depends on the taxa and environmental factors. Therefore, here, only a special case of this question is studied in deceptive species of orchids: reproductive success (RS, ratio of the number of fruits to the number of flowers produced by a plant during the whole season), a commonly used measure of fitness is used to develop a model describing how RS affects the number of flowers, n, of a plant. …”
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Aquatic insects (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Diptera: Tipuloidea) from the upper Neretva in Bosnia-Herzegovina by Wolfram Graf, Ernst Bauernfeind, Marija Ivković, Levente-Péter Kolcsár

“…In total, 59 Trichoptera species, ten Plecoptera species, 19 Ephemeroptera and 16 Diptera (Tipuloidea) species were collected, of which Baeoura sp. is new to science. 35 species are endemics of the Balkans, most species are rheobiontic and need high water current. The most abundant taxa are species of the trichopteran genus Agapetus (A. slavorum and A. ochripes) – surface grazers sensitive to water fluctuations and therefore vulnerable to hydropower-induced water level changes. …”
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Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study. by Luigi Sacchettino, Michele Costanzo, Iolanda Veneruso, Valeria D'Argenio, Maria Mayer, Francesco Napolitano, Danila d'Angelo

“…Faecal microbiota evaluation showed a differential abundance of taxa related to Proteobacteria and Firmicutes Phyla, between case and control dogs. …”
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Roles of core nosZ denitrifiers in enhancing denitrification activity under long-term rice straw retention by Shijie Zhang, Shijie Zhang, Mengyao Hou, Mengyao Hou, Bing Li, Bing Li, Panfeng Guan, Panfeng Guan, Qing Chi, Qing Chi, Hao Sun, Hao Sun, Hangbo Xu, Hangbo Xu, Dongjie Cui, Dongjie Cui, Yupan Zhu, Yupan Zhu

“…Under long-term rice straw retention conditions, the core nosZ-denitrifying phylogroups shifted (r = 0.83, P < 0.001), with the recruitment of keystone taxa from the phyla Bacteroidetes and Euryarchaeota playing a key role in enhancing denitrification activity and stimulating N loss. …”
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