Response of the gut microbiome and metabolome to dietary fiber in healthy dogs by Amrisha Bhosle, Matthew I. Jackson, Aaron M. Walsh, Eric A. Franzosa, Dayakar V. Badri, Curtis Huttenhower

“…In a study design reflective of realistic population dietary variation, fecal metagenomic and metabolomic profiles were analyzed from healthy dogs fed 12 test foods containing different fiber sources and quantities (5–13% as-fed basis). Taxa and functions were identified whose abundances were associated either with overall fiber intake or with specific fiber compositions. …”
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Microbial Composition Change and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Response to Organic Fertilization Reduction in Greenhouse Soil by Qin Qin, Jun Wang, Lijuan Sun, Shiyan Yang, Yafei Sun, Yong Xue

“…Reducing organic manure altered microbial taxa abundance. The soil pH emerged as the primary driving factor for variation in the bacterial community structure, whereas available nitrogen, potassium, and lead were the key factors influencing fungal community structural changes. …”
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Aproveitamento agronômico e energético de dejeções suinícolas: estudo de caso com análise econômico-financeira by Felippe Martins Damaceno, Maria Cristina Rodrigues Halmeman, Morgana Suszek Gonçalves, Flávia Vieira da Silva Medeiros

“…A fim de verificar a rentabilidade do projeto, foram aplicados os seguintes métodos determinísticos de investimentos: Valor Presente Líquido (VPL) e Taxa Interna de Retorno (TIR). O investimento inicial foi de R$160.321,43, e os custos de operação, manutenção e depreciação anuais totalizam juntos R$77.401,55. …”
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Species delimitation and microalgal cryptic diversity analysis of the genus Micractinium (Chlorophyta) by E. S. Krivina, A. D. Temraleeva, Yu. S. Bukin

“…The main diagnostic species characteristics and the taxonomic placement of some taxa are also discussed. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the genus Micractinium is characterized by high cryptic diversity. …”
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Metazoan parasites associated with marine mollusks inhabiting the China Seas: a review by Xin Du, Xin Du, Jing Sun, Jing Sun, Huidong Ju, Huidong Ju, Zhen Xu, Xiaoli Tang, Xuedan Fang, Xuedan Fang, Muhammad Saleem Chang, Muhammad Saleem Chang

“…The information is presented and contains 128 species of parasites, distributed among the higher taxa as follows: Turbellaria (2 species), Trematoda (34 species), Cestoda (1 species), Annelida (38 species), Arthropoda (48 species), Porifera (2 species), Cnidaria (1 species), and Mollusca (2 species). …”
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Macroinvertebrates composition as determinants of larval abundance in the dragonfly Miathyria marcella in tropical wetlands by M.I. Moreno Pallares, M.A. Bonilla Gómez, G.H. Guillot Monroy, A.C. Torregroza-Espinosa

“…Approaches focused on the relationships between macroinvertebrate taxa are important conservation tools for biodiversity assessment. …”
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Diversification outbreaks and dynamics of Asian leaf-litter frogs, genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae), with the description of a new species from Guizhou Province, China by Tao Luo, Zi-Fa Zhao, Zhong-Lian Wang, Chang-Ting Lan, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Huai-Qing Deng, Ning Xiao, Jiang Zhou

“…This study highlights how biogeographic meta-analyses can be utilised to estimate diversification history in taxa lacking sufficient molecular markers to quantify the impact of orogeny and climatic shifts on diversification processes. …”
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Integrated omics revealed the altered colonic microenvironment after inhibition of peripheral serotonin synthesis by LP533401 by Yidan Ling, Ziyu Liu, Shuibing Han, Haiqin Wu, Chunlong Mu, Weiyun Zhu

“…Metagenome profiling revealed an upregulation in the microbial two‐component system (ko02020) and tyrosine metabolism (ko00350), with minimal effects on taxa abundances. Transcriptome profiling analysis indicated the discriminant expression of genes enriched in pathogen infection‐responsive signaling (e.g., Salmonella and Yersinia infection) and the Wnt signaling pathway that affected stem cell proliferation. …”
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Identification of genome compositions in allopolyploid species of the genus Elymus(Poaceae: Triticeae) in the Asian part of Russia by CAPS analysis by A. V. Agafonov, E. V. Shabanova (Kobozeva), S. V. Asbaganov, A. V. Mglinets, V. S. Bogdanova

“…Apart from its  economic value, this tribe is characterized by abundance of polyploid taxa formed in the course of remote hybridization. …”
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De Novo Genome Assembly for an Endangered Lemur Using Portable Nanopore Sequencing in Rural Madagascar by Lindsey Hauff, Noa Elosmie Rasoanaivo, Andriamahery Razafindrakoto, Hajanirina Ravelonjanahary, Patricia C. Wright, Rindra Rakotoarivony, Christina M. Bergey

“…ABSTRACT As one of the most threatened mammalian taxa, lemurs of Madagascar are facing unprecedented anthropogenic pressures. …”
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Comprehensive GC-MS Characterization and Histochemical Assessment of Various Parts of Three <i>Colchicum</i> Species from Bulgarian Flora by Ivayla Dincheva, Ilian Badjakov, Vasil Georgiev, Ivanka Semerdjieva, Radka Vrancheva, Ivan Ivanov, Atanas Pavlov

“…They underscore the ecological and pharmacological importance of endemic taxa and provide a framework for future research into their sustainable utilization and potential bioactivities.…”
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A QUALIDADE DOS PRIVILÉGIOS PATENTÁRIOS CONCEDIDOS NO BRASIL SOB A ÓTICA DAS AÇÕES JUDICIAIS DE NULIDADE DE PATENTES by Sílvio Sobral Garcez Júnior, Bruno Ramos Eloy, João Antonio Belmino dos Santos

“…A literatura aponta que uma forma de avaliar a qualidade de um sistema patentário é determinar a taxa com que as decisões técnicas tomadas pelo escritório de patentes são contestadas na esfera jurídica. …”
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Preliminary study on mercury pollution affecting soil bacteria near a mercury mining area by Jianxiong Du, Yili Yuan, Jianfeng Li, Shuqing Zhang, Yuxiang Ren

“…The survival of high relative abundance bacterial community taxa in the microbial communities provides compelling evidence of the high adaptability of bacteria to long-term mercury contamination of the soil environment. …”
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Changes in Microbial Community Diversity and the Formation Mechanism of Flavor Metabolites in Industrial-Scale Spontaneous Fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon Wines by Chunyan Bai, Boyuan Fan, Jinmei Hao, Yuan Yao, Shiming Ran, Hua Wang, Hua Li, Ruteng Wei

“…Metagenomic analysis revealed that <i>Saccharomyces</i>, <i>Hanseniaspora</i>, <i>Zygosaccharomyces</i>, <i>Wickerhamiella</i>, <i>Lactobacillus</i>, and <i>Fructobacillus</i> were the dominant taxa during spontaneous fermentation. They were significantly positively correlated with organic acids, fatty acids, esters, phenols, aldehydes, terpenes, and phenols. …”
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Distinct relative abundances in pathogens detected in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia in the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital by Haifa Algethamy, Diyaa H. Bokhary, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Abdulrahman A. Alalyani, Maan K. Baamer, Dalya M. Attallah, Ruba M. Alotaibi, Shehla N. Amin, Shaza A. Mass, Nisreen R. Tashkandy

“…K. pneumoniae and S. maltophilia were the most common taxa detected in the samples, although some variations in microbial composition were observed. …”
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Attraction points: A new sampling design method to quantify common finches’ population by Lorenzo Marazuela Pinela, Ángel Julián Martín Fernández, Pablo-Luis López-Espí

“…Consequently, its applicability is limited to other bird taxa with similar behavioural traits.The “Attraction Points Method” (APM), which uses the songs of live congeners, as described here, has been employed and evaluated in several projects for tracking finch populations in Spain, particularly in the Community of Madrid, where a continuous study of their populations has been conducted since 2018. …”
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Nutritional and Microbiome Effects of a Partial Substitution of Poultry Meat with Hydrolyzed Feather Meal in Dog Diets by Fatemeh Balouei, Bruno Stefanon, Rosangela Armone, Andrea Randazzo, Biagina Chiofalo

“…Sex differences were also significant, with 25 taxa differing between male and female dogs. Overall, the study underscores the impact of HFM and sex on gut microbiota composition in dogs, with potential implications for dietary interventions and microbiome research.…”
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIBERIAN GEOGRAPHICAL FLORAL ELEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SIBERIAN FOREST STEPPES by E. M. Antipova

“…The ultimate goal of studies of any flora is the clarification of the history of vegetation cover and individual taxa formation in the studied region, determination of the degree of its individuality, of floristic links with other territories, and of regularities in flora formation.Materials and methods. …”
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Computational analysis of spliced leader trans-splicing in the regenerative flatworm <i>Macrostomum lignano</i> reveals its prevalence in conserved and stem cell related genes by K. V. Ustyantsev, E. V. Berezikov

“…In eukaryotes, trans-splicing is a process of nuclear pre-mRNA maturation where two different RNA molecules are joined together by the spliceosomal machinery utilizing mechanisms similar to cis-splicing. In diverse taxa of lower eukaryotes, spliced leader (SL) trans-splicing is the most frequent type of trans-splicing, when the same sequence derived from short small nuclear RNA molecules, called SL RNAs, is attached to the 5’ ends of different non-processed pre-mRNAs. …”
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Potential Medicinal Fungi from Freshwater Environments as Resources of Bioactive Compounds by Ilenia Cicero, Giulia Mirabile, Giuseppe Venturella

“…Most of these surveys are focused on macrofungi belonging to the genera <i>Pleurotus</i>, <i>Ganoderma</i>, or specific taxa such as <i>Agaricus bisporus</i>, <i>Agaricus blazei</i>, <i>Boletus eduliInonotus obliquus</i>, <i>Hericium erinaceus</i>, <i>Lentinula edodes</i>, and <i>Grifola frondose</i>. …”
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