The history, fungal biodiversity, conservation, and future perspectives for mycology in Egypt by A.M. Abdel-Azeem

“…Only 105 taxa new to science have been described from Egypt, one belonging to Chytridiomycota, 47 to Ascomycota, 55 to anamorphic fungi and one to Basidiomycota.…”
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Review and Phylogenetic Evaluation of Associations between Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) and Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Menno Reemer

“…One of the supposedly most basal taxa (Mixogaster) is associated with ants, suggesting that associations with ants evolved early in the history of the subfamily and have remained a predominant feature of their lifestyle. …”
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USO DE CATALISADOR MAGNÉTICO DO TIPO FERRITA NÍQUEL-ZINCO PARA A OBTENÇÃO DE BIODIESEL by Ruth Luna do Nascimento Gonçalves, Ana Cristina Figueiredo de Melo Costa, Kleberson Ricardo de Oliveira Pereira

“…Os resultados mostraram que, no terceiro reuso, a taxa de conversão caiu de 80,25% (amostra de catalisador virgem) para 68,31%. …”
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The haustorium as a driving force for speciation in thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes by Danny Haelewaters, Maarten Lubbers, André De Kesel

“…For taxa without haustoria, the microhabitat—as selected by the host—governs host shifting, presence or absence of the fungus, abundance, effective host range, and geographic distribution. …”
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Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters by Amir Faraz Ghasemi, Morteza Kamali

“…In order to investigate changes in the taxa abundance composition and feeding groups of the benthic macroinvertebrates, twelve-time sampling was carried out at nine stations along three different sites: (1) before, (2) into, and (3) after Amol City. …”
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New addition to the fauna of shallow-water hydroid polyps (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Gulf of Antalya, Türkiye by Yıldırım Sera Övgü Kabadayı, Küçük Fahrettin

“…This paper reports 35 taxa belonging to 17 families identified in the region. …”
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Bile Acids and Intestinal Microbiota by R. V. Maslennikov, Yu. V. Evsyutina

“…NAFLD is accompanied by a change in the intestinal microbiotic composition: the proportion of taxa deconjugating BAs increases, while the proportion of taxa converting primary BAs to secondary ones decreases. …”
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Checklist of freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Šovran Sanja, Knežević Ana, Mašić Ermin

“…All taxa were found in clear, cold, well-oxygenated water. …”
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Effects of water nutrient concentrations on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry: a large-scale study by Beck, Miriam, Billoir, Elise, Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe, Meyer, Albin, Gautreau, Edwige, Danger, Michael

“…Our results show that assumptions from Ecological Stoichiometry Theory also hold at the community level, at least for two dominant taxa, and on a large spatial scale, with likely consequences for nutrient cycling and ecosystem function.…”
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Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species by Paul A. O’Brien, Sara C. Bell, Laura Rix, Abigail C. Turnlund, Shannon R. Kjeldsen, Nicole S. Webster, Andrew P. Negri, Muhammad A. Abdul Wahab, Inka Vanwonterghem

“…Biofilms were characterised using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify the taxa associated with settlement induction and/or inhibition. …”
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Diploid Ancestor Tracing of Allopolyploid Cultivars in <i>Camellia reticulata</i> Based on ITS and <i>RPB</i>2 Sequences by Zhifeng Fan, Wei Zheng, Chengmin Yan, Xiaodan Xu

“…This study aims to trace these diploid ancestors by cloning and sequencing ITS from 25 taxa and <i>RPB</i>2 from 21 taxa across various ploidy levels of <i>C. reticulata</i> and its traditional cultivars and related species, combined with their fruit morphology data. …”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…Results The fecal microbiome of young pups is dominated by only a few pioneering bacterial taxa. These taxa are present at low levels in the microbiota of multiple maternal body sites, precluding a clear identification of maternal source. …”
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Towards the bryophyte flora of the Sutjeska National Park (the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Jovana Pantović, Đorđije Milanović, Ivana Janković, Marko Sabovljević

“… Old literature data together with recent field research were combined in order to present bryophyte checklist of the Sutjeska National Park. A total of 261 taxa were found within the park area, out of which 40 are liverwort and 221 moss taxa. …”
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Crawlers on the Seabed – The Famous Devonian Trilobites of Gerolstein by Jens Koppka

“…Owing to the early start of trilobite related research in the early 19th century, many trilobite taxa of high taxonomic value are described from the region, which later on became name-givers for higher taxa, e.g., families and even orders. …”
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Gut microbial profiles of patients with optic neuritis or myasthenia gravis by Tao Wu, Hanqiu Jiang, Chen Lin, Jingting Peng, Xiuyun Kong, Jie Yu, Jiawei Wang, Shilei Cui

“…Differences in the abundances of microbial taxa were identified using linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) and analysis of variance. …”
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Characterization of Littoral Macrozoobenthos Communities of the Kuybyshev Reservoir in the Area of Kazan by G.S. Tarasov, O.I. Khamitov, L.A. Frolova

“…Seasonal fluctuations in the species composition and quantitative indices of benthic communities in the littoral zone of the Kuybyshev Reservoir were investigated near the village of Staroe Arakchino in the summer–autumn season of 2014. On the whole, 40 taxa of macrozoobenthos were identified during the period of investigation. …”
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Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe by Jérémy Courtin, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Simeon Lisovski, Ying Liu, Inger Greve Alsos, Boris K. Biskaborn, Bernhard Diekmann, Martin Melles, Bernd Wagner, Luidmila Pestryakova, James Russell, Yongsong Huang, Ulrike Herzschuh

“…Our results indicate that herbaceous taxa and taxa contributing less to beta diversity are more vulnerable to extinction. …”
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Mosquito‐derived ingested DNA as a tool for monitoring terrestrial vertebrates within a peri‐urban environment by Christine Chivas, Adam Stow, Andrew Harford, Thomas J. Mooney, David Loewensteiner, Kate Montgomery, Anthony Chariton

“…The overall diversity retrieved reveals a broad diversity of species with 10 avian taxa and six mammalian taxa, including both native and non‐native species of varying body sizes and behavioral characteristics. …”
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Dysbiosis of Gastric Mucosal Fungal Microbiota in the Gastric Cancer Microenvironment by Zhenzhan Zhang, Hao Feng, Yaopeng Qiu, Zhou Xu, Qingfeng Xie, Wenfu Ding, Hao Liu, Guoxin Li

“…Differences in microbial composition, taxa diversity, and predicted function were further analyzed. …”
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Drivers of methane-cycling archaeal abundances, community structure, and catabolic pathways in continental margin sediments by Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Damian Bölsterli, Clemens Glombitza, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Hans Røy, Mark Alexander Lever, Mark Alexander Lever

“…Herein, the onset of each new successional stage is characterized by a period of growth- and mortality-driven turnover in the dominant taxa.…”
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