Bat Cave Vulnerability Index 3.0 (BCVI-S): An integrative and scalable tool to prioritise bat caves for conservation by Krizler C. Tanalgo, Alice Catherine Hughes

“…Given the challenge of assessing many taxa, bats are ideal ecological indicators of caves and subterranean ecosystems, because they serve as keystone species that facilitate energy flow to other life forms inside caves. …”
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Pond Water eDNA Reflects Broad Consistency with Surrounding Terrestrial Plant Ecosystems by Duygu Bozdogan, Shogo Takizawa, Norihiro Furukori, Kosuke Homma, Harue Abe, Hitoshi Sakio, Naoki Harada, Kazuki Suzuki

“…Additionally, different trends were observed in the seasonal variation of plant taxa and their composition detected in eDNA, based on particle size. …”
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Transposição da artéria gastroduodenal na reconstrução vascular de lesão invasiva do hilo hepático por metástase de adenocarcinoma colorretal: relato de caso by Lucas Lourenço de Oliveira, Iasmin Maria Rodrigues Saldanha, Yago Eloy Souza Barbosa, Renato Mazon Lima Verde Leal, Abner Moreira Sampaio, Annya Costa Araújo de Macedo Goes, Marcelo Leite Vieira Costa

“…Conclui-se que a anastomose vascular nas metastasectomias hepáticas é um procedimento complexo que requer habilidade e experiência do cirurgião. A taxa de sucesso é elevada, mas há a possibilidade de complicações. …”
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Molecular Identification of Fungal Communities in a Soil Cultivated with Vegetables and Soil Suppressiveness to Rhizoctonia solani by Silvana Pompéia Val-Moraes, Eliamar Aparecida Nascimbem Pedrinho, Eliana Gertrudes Macedo Lemos, Lucia Maria Carareto-Alves

“…Most of the sequences from the amplified taxa represent uncultured fungi. The molecular analysis of variance (AMOVA) indicated that fluctuations observed of haplotypes in the composition may be related to herbicide application.…”
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The Role of Local and Upstream Colonisation in Determining Stream Periphyton Metacommunity Assemblages by Daniel Zamorano, Travis Ingram, Christoph D. Matthaei

“…While motile and flagellated taxa showed the ability to reach their preferred microhabitats in all streams, the responses of the remaining functional guilds did not follow the expected patterns. …”
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The impact of gut microbiome on neuro-autoimmune demyelinating diseases by Pouria Abolfazli, Cristina Nkene Apue Nchama, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…Moreover, dysbiosis in MS involves more pathogenic bacteria and fewer beneficial taxa, further influencing disease progression. Similarly, NMOSD exhibits gut microbiota alterations linked to disease severity, with Streptococcus and Clostridium perfringens being significant contributors, suggesting a gut–CNS interaction in pathogenesis. …”
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Parasites of the invasive Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) in the region of the first introduction of the Carpathian population by Kvach Yuriy, Kutsokon Yuliya, Janáč Michal, Dykyy Ihor, Dzyziuk Natalia, Dudliv Ivanna, Nazaruk Kateryna

“…Parasites of the invasive Chinese sleeper (Perccottus glenii) were studied in five different localities at the site of the first introduction of the Carpathian population of this fish. We recorded eight taxa of parasites in Lviv water bodies. The monogenean Gyrodactylus perccotti and the cestode Nippoteania perccotti were recorded in all five lakes studied. …”
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Morphological Diversity of Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey 1853 (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo by Ruhana Hassan, Muhammad Nur Arif Othman, Mohd Nasarudin Harith, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah

“…This study implies that species identification of Gracilaria and other seagrass taxa which have a phenotypic plasticity problem should include the CO1-5P gene analysis as it is a reliable gene marker for species diversity assessment.…”
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Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil by Ludmila Gurjão, Lorrayne Brito, Ondemar Dias, Jandira Neto, Alena Mayo Iñiguez

“…In addition, the archaeological characterization of the GGII site was integrated into paleo analyses for proposing a paleoecological scenario. Five taxa of parasites, including Ancylostomidae, Echinostoma sp., Spirometra sp., and Trichostrongylus sp., and three different morphotypes of Capillariidae were recognized in multiple coprolites that were distributed heterogeneously in several stratigraphical layers. …”
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POLYMORPHISM OF SOME SPECIES FROM THE TRIBE <i> VICIEAE </i> BRONN (FABACEAE LINDL.) ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS by M. O. Burlyaeva, D. A. Krivenko, E. M. Machs, A. S. Sabitov

“…Some populations localized on the islands and the coast of the Sea of Japan need to be classified into independent taxa of a higher rank.…”
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A bioinformatic approach to characterize the vitellogenin receptor and the low density lipoprotein receptor superfamily in the newt Cynops orientalis by Chiara Spinsante, Federica Carducci, Elisa Carotti, Adriana Canapa, Davide Bizzaro, Maria Assunta Biscotti, Marco Barucca

“…In tetrapods, information concerning genes encoding these proteins is limited to a few taxa. Here, we report the characterization of VTGR in the amphibian Cynops orientalis. …”
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Gut and intraocular fluid dysbiosis in people with type 2 diabetes-related retinopathy in India: A case for further research by Taraprasad Das, Brijesh Takkar, Shalem R Padakandala, Sisinthy Shivaji

“…The main outcome measures were relative abundance, α and β diversity, and dysbiotic bacteria and fungi, analyzed based on the inferred functions of the taxa. Results: We recruited 82 people for gut microbiome (30 HC, 24 DM, and 28 DR); 75 people for gut mycobiome (30 HC, 21 DM, and 24 DR); and 12 people for aqueous humor microbiome (4 each HC, DM, and DR) studies. …”
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A avaliação do regime jurídico da litigância de má-fé em Portugal by Susana Antas Fernandes Videira Branco, Joana Cristina Purvis Paixão Campos Carvalho, Tânia Cristina Piazentin Ferreira Mota da Silva, Pedro Miguel Alves Ribeiro Correia

“…É feita uma análise do regime da litigância de má-fé, bem como a sua distinção de figuras afins, nomeadamente o abuso de direito de ação, a culpa in agendo, a taxa sancionatória excepcional e os incidentes anômalos. …”
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Microbial carbon oxidation in seawater below the hypoxic threshold by Sarah Wolf, Clare Jayawickrama, Craig A. Carlson, Curtis Deutsch, Edward W. Davis, Benjamin N. Daniels, Francis Chan, Stephen J. Giovannoni

“…Our findings support the hypothesis that oxygenase kinetics might slow the progression of ocean deoxygenation in oxygen-poor regions and be a factor in the evolution of microbial taxa adapted to hypoxic environments.…”
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A massa muscular desempenha um papel sobre marcadores inflamatórios e metabolismo de ferro em pacientes hemodialíticos? by Josiane Borges Ferreira de Jesus

“…A mostra consistiu de 247 participantes, 177 foram incluídos na amostra com idade de 66.8 (± 3.34) anos.com doença renal em estágio terminal (taxa de filtração glomerular <15 mL/min/1.73m2) com fístula arteriovenosa distribuídos em três grupos: Baixa Massa Muscular, Dinapenia e Sarcopenia.Todos os pacientes apresentavam hipertensão e diabetes. …”
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Looking back to see forward: species diversity changes since 1980 on Bahamian reefs through diver photography by Kathleen Sullivan Sealey, Katherine Black

“…SCUBA diver photography can form important baseline information on both species and taxa level diversity trends on less-accessible reefs over decades. …”
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Modulating the human gut microbiome and health markers through kombucha consumption: a controlled clinical study by Gertrude Ecklu-Mensah, Rachel Miller, Maria Gjerstad Maseng, Vienna Hawes, Denise Hinz, Cheryl Kim, Jack A. Gilbert

“…Shotgun metagenomic analysis revealed the relative abundance of Weizmannia, a kombucha-enriched probiotic and several SCFA producing taxa to be overrepresented in consumers at the end of the intervention. …”
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Spectroscopic aspects of underwater digital holography of plankton by Victor Dyomin, Igor Polovtsev, Alexandra Davydova, Nikolai Kirillov

“…One of them is the time series of the concentration of individuals of various plankton taxa in a certain volume. There are characteristic rhythms in the ecosystem function caused by both plankton biorhythms and changes in habitat parameters, as well as their synchronization, whereas a change in this rhythm may serve as an alarm signal for the ecosystem deprivation. …”
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Leaf and Root Functional Traits of Woody and Herbaceous Halophytes and Their Adaptations in the Yellow River Delta by Yan Wang, Hao Wu, Jian Wang, Liqiang Mu, Zhongyue Li

“…Such patterns show the contrasting survival strategies of different plant taxa, which also provide valuable insights for future vegetation restoration efforts in this salinized region.…”
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Seed banking impacts native Acacia ulicifolia seed microbiome composition and function by Dylan Russell, Vaheesan Rajabal, Matthew Alfonzetti, Marlien M. van der Merwe, Rachael V. Gallagher, Sasha G. Tetu

“…Results Seeds obtained from seed banking facilities were found to host significantly less diverse bacterial populations, with substantial reductions in both low-abundance taxa and in community members commonly identified in freshly collected A. ulicifolia seeds. …”
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