Evaluation of herbaceous legumes for crop-livestock systems in eastern Indonesia by Kendrick Cox, Jacob Nulik, Neal Dalgliesh, Esnawan Budisantoso, Paskalis Fernandes, Jefrianus Praing, Philip Dida, Jak Uran, Marcel Meomuku, Debora Kana Hau, Tony Basuki, Lindsay Bell

“…A series of experiments was conducted on Vertisol, Alfisol and Inceptisol soils in lowland and upland districts of eastern Indonesia to identify legumes from 18 taxa suitable for integrated crop-forage systems. …”
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16S rRNA metabarcoding applied to the microbiome of insect products (novel food): a comparative analysis of three reference databases by Gabriele Spatola, Alice Giusti, Laura Gasperetti, Roberta Nuvoloni, Alessandra Dalmasso, Francesco Chiesa, Andrea Armani

“…A total of 121 genera were identified, with 56.2% detected by all three databases, though some taxa were identified only by one or two. The study highlights the importance of using updated reference databases for accurate microbiome characterization, contributing to the optimization of metabarcoding data analysis in food microbiota studies, including novel foods. …”
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FishPi: a bioinformatic prediction tool to link piRNA and transposable elements by Alice M. Godden, Benjamin Rix, Simone Immler

“…FishPi can easily be adapted to genomes from other species and taxa opening the interpretation of piRNA functionality to a wide community. …”
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Prevalência e manifestações do bullying no ensino secundário: um estudo com alunos moçambicanos by Elias Fundice, Silvina Américo Fernandes

“…As análises indicaram uma prevalência global de bullying de 69,4% nos últimos meses. Foi encontrada uma taxa de 100% de vítimas, 39,5% de agressores e 50,2% de espectadores/testemunhas. …”
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Zooplankton Structure and Potential Food Web Interactions in the Plankton of a Subtropical Chain-of-Lakes by Karl E. Havens

“…All of the zooplankton taxa encountered in the Kissimmee Chain-of-Lakes (except Mesocyclops edax) are known bacteria grazers in Florida lakes. …”
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Multivariate Statistical Analyses of the Temporal Variation in the Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of <i>Eucalyptus torquata</i> in Cyprus by Mustapha Bulama Modu, Duygu Yiğit Hanoğlu, Azmi Hanoğlu, Fehmi Burak Alkaş, K. Hüsnü Can Başer, Dudu Özkum Yavuz

“…., is native to Australia with 61 introduced taxa in Cyprus, including <i>E. torquata</i> Luehm., which has a wide distribution on the island. …”
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Temporal and Spatial eDNA Analysis of Fish Assemblages in Postindustrial, Urban Coastal Habitats by Alice Cunnington, Erika Neave, Peter Shum, Rupert Collins, Stefano Mariani

“…Seasonal appearances/disappearances of specific taxa (e.g., European eel, sand smelt, flounder, and herring) shed light on important ecological and behavioral processes that may have management implications. …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini with comments on related tribes in Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae) by Wayne N. Mathis, Luciane Marinoni, Tatiana A. Sepúlveda

“…Within Ephydrini, the implied weighting cladogram provided higher resolution among terminal taxa with the same number of steps and is thus our preferred cladogram. …”
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Spatiotemporal variability and functional redundancy obscure effects of urbanization on strawberry pollinators by Kyla D. Schulte, Caleb J. Wilson, Anna Tawril, Mary A. Jamieson

“…However, urbanization differentially influenced certain taxa, namely, Halictini which was positively associated with more urban environments in year one and Ceratinini which was negatively associated with more urban environments in year three. …”
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AVALIAÇÃO DA CARGA DE TRABALHO FÍSICO EM TRABALHADORES DE UMA FUNDIÇÃO ATRAVÉS DA VARIAÇÃO DA FREQUÊNCIA CARDÍACA E ANÁLISE ERGONÔMICA DO TRABALHO by Bruna Angela Antonelli (UTFPR), Prof. Dr. Antonio Augusto de Paula Xavier, Prof. Dr. Tarcísio F. Alves da Silva, Prof. Belmar Ramos Junior, Larissa Cristine Skittberg

“…O gasto energético de uma atividade é entendido como a taxa de produção de energia do corpo. A carga de trabalho é uma medida quantitativa e/ou qualitativa do nível de atividade motora, fisiológica e mental necessária à realização de um trabalho. …”
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Changes in microbiome composition during ontogeny and dispersal of the coral boring sponge Thoosa mismalolli by Eric Bautista-Guerrero, José Luis Carballo, Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez Zaragoza, Bruno Goméz-Gil, Alejandra García-Gasca, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso, Adrián González-Castillo

“…Larvae collected offshore showed a reorganization of their microbiome with a significant reduction of the dominance of inherited bacteria (Proteobacteria and Chloroflexi), and an enrichment of environmentally derived bacteria taxa (Bacteroidetes, Tenericutes, and Firmicutes). …”
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High-throughput analysis of microbiomes in a meat processing facility: are food processing facilities an establishment niche for persisting bacterial communities? by Zhaohui S. Xu, Vi D. Pham, Xianqin Yang, Michael G. Gänzle

“…Results Culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches revealed a large diversity of microbes within the meat facility, including 74 undescribed bacterial taxa and multiple spoilage-associated microbes. Ten out of 10 reconstituted microbial communities formed biofilms, and the biofilm biomass was generally higher at 4 °C than at 25 °C. …”
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Evaluation of ecological risk analysis for benthic macroinvertebrates in paddy fields in the Meriç–Ergene River Basin (Turkish Thrace) by Aydın Gazel Burcu, Çamur-Elipek Belgin

“…For this purpose, water and sediment samples were collected from paddy fields in the study area during the cultivation season, including spring, summer and autumn of 2016, taking into account the water resources that supply the rice fields (artesian water, the Meriç River, the Ergene River and Meriç–Ergene mixed water). A total of 47 taxa (on average 8953 individuals per m2) were identified at the study sites. …”
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A new species of Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 (Gastropoda, Cerithoidea, Semisulcospiridae) from Fujian, China with mitochondrial genome and its phylogenetic implications by Yi-Bin Xu, Yuan-Zheng Meng, Sheng Zeng, Hang-Jun Wang, Shen Zhong, De-Yuan Yang, Xi-Ping Zhou, Christopher J. Glasby

“…However, the mitogenome dataset included a more restricted sampling of taxa (16), impeding a detailed exploration of the phylogenetic position of the new species. …”
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TOOTH MORPHOTYPES SHED LIGHT ON THE PALEOBIODIVERSITY OF MIDDLE TRIASSIC TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE ECOSYSTEMS FROM NE IBERIAN PENINSULA (SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE) by MARC RICCETTO, EUDALD MUJAL, ARNAU BOLET, CHABIER DE JAIME-SOGUERO, SOLEDAD DE ESTEBAN-TRIVIGNO, Josep Fortuny

“…Among the known record, dental, mandibular and skull remains are particularly relevant because they provide information on the dietary habits of the concerned taxa. In the present work, eight tooth morphotypes have been identified: two correspond to a capitosaur temnospondyl, one to an archosauromorph, one to an indeterminate diapsid and four to a procolophonid, the latter material referred to a single new taxon, Kapes signus sp. nov. …”
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On three cultivated subspecies of pea (Pisum sativum L.) by O. E. Kosterin

“…The common pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important crop characterised by high diversity, taxonomic fixation of which may be important for selection as it attracts attention to the taxa recognised, although this recognition can be poorly justified. …”
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Diversification and recurrent adaptation of the synaptonemal complex in Drosophila. by Rana Zakerzade, Ching-Ho Chang, Kamalakar Chatla, Ananya Krishnapura, Samuel P Appiah, Jacki Zhang, Robert L Unckless, Justin P Blumenstiel, Doris Bachtrog, Kevin H-C Wei

“…Despite being found in most major eukaryotic taxa implying a deeply conserved evolutionary origin, several components of the complex exhibit unusually high rates of sequence turnover. …”
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Complete chloroplast genomes of 13 species of the Impatiens genus for genomic features and phylogenetic relationships studies by Qinqin Yong, Meijun Li, Zhi Li, Chao Luo, Jinling Zhang, Xinxiang Bai

“…This study comprehensively analyzed the cp genomes of different taxa, sheds light on the taxonomic intricacies of Impatiens species, provide valuable information into its phylogenetic and taxonomy.…”
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OAB e as prerrogativas atípicas na arena política da revisão judicial by Ernani Carvalho, Luis Felipe Andrade Barbosa, José Mário Wanderley Gomes Neto

“…De forma geral, como conclusão, verificou-se que há uma maior taxa de sucesso das ações que versam sobre interesse corporativo, valendose das questões de interesse público visando o seu próprio fortalecimento.…”
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Microbial diversity and biogeography across gastrointestinal tracts of Takifugu pufferfish revealed by full-length 16S amplicon sequencing by Xingkun Jin, Yan Shi, Zhenlong Sun, Yaohui Wang, Zhe Zhao

“…Additionally, the differential abundance of specific amplicon sequence variants and their correlation with host genetic backgrounds and intestinal sections highlight the role of environmental filtering in shaping microbial communities, with certain bacterial taxa exhibiting strong preferences for particular intestinal sites or genetic backgrounds, suggesting potential localized adaptation or functional specialization. …”
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