Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…All relevant clinical information such as patient demographic profiles, socioeconomic variables, risk factors and symptoms have been collected by questionnaire based study. Different species of microorganisms were isolated from vaginal samples including yeast and bacteria. …”
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Assessment of Microbiological Indoor Air Quality in Cattle Breeding Farms by Justyna Szulc, Małgorzata Okrasa, Katarzyna Dybka-Stępień, Michael Sulyok, Adriana Nowak, Anna Otlewska, Bogumiła Szponar, Katarzyna Majchrzycka

“…High-throughput sequencing revealed extensive biodiversity in the microorganisms, which hitherto has not been reported for cattle farms. Of the identified species, those belonging to the genera Bacteroides, Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Ruminococcus, Aspergillus and Cladosporium potentially affect human and cattle health. …”
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The ethics of theft: Reevaluating the impacts of floral larceny on plant reproductive success by Jin-Ru Zhong, Xiao-Fang Jin, Michael C. Orr, Xiao-Qing Li, Yong-Deng He, Sheng-Wei Wang, Qing-Feng Wang, Chun-Feng Yang, Zhong-Ming Ye

“…We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of 153 studies across 120 plant species, using 14 moderators to assess the effects of floral larceny on plant reproductive success and examine the key moderators. …”
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Blue light irradiation combined with low-temperature storage further enhances postharvest quality of strawberries through improving antioxidant defense and cell wall metabolic acti... by Wei Lu, Wanqing Li, Keke Zhao, Xiaofeng Bai, Yuchang Zhang, Qingyun Li, Zhanjun Xue, Xin-Xin Wang

“…Additionally, increases of the enzymatic activities of antioxidant defense metabolism (e.g. superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD)) accompanied with decreased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (e.g. superoxide anion (O2−), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)) and the content of secondary metabolites (e.g. ascorbic acid (AsA)) accompanied with enhanced activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR) were found in BL irradiated postharvest strawberries at the later stages of storage. …”
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Vegetation runoff and sediment reduction benefits and influential factor in the Loess Plateau of China: A meta-analysis by Mengrou Jia, Cong Han, Jianzhi Niu, Miao Wang, Linus Zhang, Ronny Berndtsson

“…However, vegetation restoration should account for regional environment and require species suited to local conditions. Additionally, maintaining plantations regularly throughout the vegetation lifecycle is essential to achieve long-term sustainable results.…”
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A note on the global existence and boundedness of an N-dimensional parabolic-elliptic predator-prey system with indirect pursuit-evasion interaction by Liu Ling

“…We investigate the two-species chemotaxis predator-prey system given by the following system: ut=Δu−χ∇⋅(u∇w)+u(λ1−μ1ur1−1+av),x∈Ω,t>0,vt=Δv+ξ∇⋅(v∇z)+v(λ2−μ2vr2−1−bu),x∈Ω,t>0,0=Δw−w+v,x∈Ω,t>0,0=Δz−z+u,x∈Ω,t>0,\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{u}_{t}=\Delta u-\chi \nabla \cdot \left(u\nabla w)+u\left({\lambda }_{1}-{\mu }_{1}{u}^{{r}_{1}-1}+av),& x\in \Omega ,\hspace{0.33em}t\gt 0,\\ {v}_{t}=\Delta v+\xi \nabla \cdot \left(v\nabla z)+v\left({\lambda }_{2}-{\mu }_{2}{v}^{{r}_{2}-1}-bu),& x\in \Omega ,\hspace{0.33em}t\gt 0,\\ 0=\Delta w-w+v,& x\in \Omega ,\hspace{0.33em}t\gt 0,\\ 0=\Delta z-z+u,& x\in \Omega ,\hspace{0.33em}t\gt 0,\end{array}\right. in a bounded domain Ω⊂RN(N≥1)\Omega \subset {{\mathbb{R}}}^{N}\left(N\ge 1) with smooth boundary, where parameters χ,ξ,λi,μi>0\chi ,\xi ,{\lambda }_{i},{\mu }_{i}\gt 0, and ri>1(i=1,2){r}_{i}\gt 1\hspace{0.33em}\left(i=1,2). …”
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Evaluation of the effect of Irritrol as final irrigant against Staphylococcus epidermidis: an in Vitro Study. by Hezha Saadi Hassan, Diyar Khalid Bakr

“…Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most isolated or detected species from oral infections, including marginal periodontitis, infected root canals, peri‐radicular, peri‐implantitis, and also detected in cases of failed endodontic therapy. …”
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Are there benefits of culture-based detection of Mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis over histopathology? by Motlatso T. Hlokwe, Nomawethu S. Masina, Boitumelo Letsoko, Sewellyn C. Davey, Anita L. Michel

“…Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from culture isolates was subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification using primers that target the IS900 regions of the MAP for species verification. Overall, the VersaTREK automated liquid culture in combination with IS900 PCR showed a comparable level of detection in tissues (12.6%) as histopathology (13.5%), but the detection rate for faecal samples was lower than for tissues (10.8%). …”
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Estimation of median LC50 and toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of thiram in Labeo rohita by Sana Alam, Gulnaz Afzal, Riaz Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Amtul Sami, Rabbiah Manzoor Malik, Raheela Jabeen, Farid Shokry Ataya, Kun Li

“…The findings demonstrate that thiram severely pollute the marine eco-system and is quite hazardous for aquatic species by causing severe health effects even at sub-lethal concentrations and thus, render the apparently clean water to be unfit for animal and human consumption.…”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

“…Of the thirteen plant species identified as effective against the pathogen, the Myrtaceae and Euphorbiaceae families were the most represented. …”
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Phytochemical and toxicological evaluation of aqueous leaf extract of Premna integrifolia L. in male balb/c mice by Suman, Pratibha Gaurav, Rajesh Saini, Kavindra Nath Tiwari, Gautam Geeta Jiwatram

“…The parameters studied included total reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, apoptosis, cell viability percentage, and cellular morphology. …”
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Flavones enrich rhizosphere Pseudomonas to enhance nitrogen utilization and secondary root growth in Populus by Jiadong Wu, Sijia Liu, Haoyu Zhang, Sisi Chen, Jingna Si, Lin Liu, Yue Wang, Shuxian Tan, Yuxin Du, Zhelun Jin, Jianbo Xie, Deqiang Zhang

“…Here, we collect roots and rhizosphere soils from nine Populus species belonging to four sections (Leuce, Aigeiros, Tacamahaca, and Turanga), generate metabolite and transcription data for roots and microbiota data for rhizospheres, and conduct comprehensive multi-omics analyses. …”
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Deletion of ESX-3 and ESX-4 secretion systems in Mycobacterium abscessus results in highly impaired pathogenicity by Wassim Daher, Vincent Le Moigne, Yara Tasrini, Shweta Parmar, Danielle L. Sexton, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa, Valentin Berdal, Elitza I. Tocheva, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Laurent Kremer

“…Five subtypes (ESX-1 to ESX-5) exist, each with specific roles and well-characterized secretion profiles in various mycobacterial species. Mycobacterium abscessus, encodes only ESX-3 and ESX-4. …”
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Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes by Arthur Monjot, Jérémy Rousseau, Lucie Bittner, Cécile Lepère

“…This plasticity may occur at a fine taxonomic level (e.g., species level) and likely within a single organism in response to environmental parameters. …”
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The geographical distribution, trophic modes, and host preferences of Fomitopsis pinicola in Central Europe: a comprehensive review by Gáper Ján, Gáperová Svetlana, Pristaš Peter, Šebesta Martin, Kollárová Patrícia, Gallay Igor, Slobodník Branko

“…F. pinicola was also shown as an important pathotroph of broadleaves in public urban spaces, where pathotrophy concerns as high as 72.3% of relevant records. Prunus species are the most frequently infested woody plants, accounting for 81.3% of these records. …”
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Characterizing microbial diversity and metabolic pathways in yak milk and fermented yak milk based on metagenomics: A study from Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture by Jie Zhang, Yangbo Jiao, Kaiyang Liu, Wenyou Situ, Bilige Menghe, Yongfu Chen, Musu Zha

“…Results revealed 207 species, with Pseudomonas unclassified, Acinetobacter johnsonii dominant in YM, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Streptococcus thermophilus in fermented yak milk (FYM). …”
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Environmental DNA-based assessment of multitrophic biodiversity in a typical river located in the Loess Plateau, China: Influence of PAHs and suspended sediments by Qian Li, Yulu Tian, Yongrong Hao, Chengkai Qu, Rungnapa Tagun, Hisato Iwata, Jiahua Guo

“…This study investigated the spatial distribution of species across three trophic levels, including algae, metazoan, and fish, in the Beiluo River on the Loess Plateau, China, using environmental DNA metabarcoding. …”
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Exploring the potentials of indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia kudriavzevii for enhancing flavour and aromatic characteristics in apricot wines by Yu Chen, Xingmeng Lei, Luxing Sun, Binghong Gao, Peng An, Dongqing Ye, Haibin Mu, Yi Qin, Yuyang Song, Yanlin Liu

“…In the mixed fermentation, indigenous S. cerevisiae species supported the survival of P. kudriavzevii, effectively enhancing the fruity esters and terpenes content of apricot wine. …”
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Evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) under temperature stress by Ping Han, Jianming Chen, Zhennan Sun, Shengjie Ren, Xubo Wang

“…Presently, Japanese flounder is a commercially important marine culture species and the study of its gene expression is increasing rapidly. …”
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An analysis of heavy metals contamination and estimating the daily intakes of vegetables from Uganda by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Eric Oloya, Otim, Herbert Izo, Ninsiima, Gerald, Zirintunda, Andrew, Tamale, Justin, Ekou, Grace Henry, Musoke, Robert, Muyinda, Kevin, Matama, Regan, Mujinya, Henry, Matovu, Fred, Ssempijja, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Mauryn, Atino, Bede, Udechukwu, Ronald, Kayima, Patrick, Etiang, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Stellamaris, Kembabazi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Sheu Oluwadare, Sulaiman, Phyllis Candy, Natabo, Grace Nambatya, Kyeyune, Gaber El-Saber, Batiha, Ochan, Otim

“…The study vegetables were found to be related with each other, not according to the location of the markets from where they were obtained, but according to their species by CA. Conclusion: The presence of non-essential elements above WHO limits raises policy challenges for the consumption and marketing of vegetables in the study area. …”
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