Amera, Gizachew Muluneh Khan, Rameez Jabeer Jha, Rajat Kumar Pathak, Amita Muthukumaran, Jayaraman Singh, Amit Kumar
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Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) report stated that Acinetobacter baumannii had been classified as one of the most important pathogenic bacteria causing nosocomial infection in hospital patients due to multi-drug resistance (MDR). It is vital to find out new bacterial drug targets and annotated their structure and function for the expl...
Lei, Meng-Tong Cai, Jin-Zhong Li, Chun-Hua Fu, Yong Sun, Jian Ma, Dou-Dou Li, Yao-Peng Zhang, Yan-Ming
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundThe schizothoracine fishes, an excellent model for several studies, is a dominant fish group of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). However, species populations have rapidly declined due to various factors, and infection with Echinorhynchus gymnocyprii is cited as a possible factor. In the present study, the molecular characteristics of E. g...
Masumoto, Hiroshi Degawa, Yousuke
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Mycological Progress
A new clavarioid, lichenized basidiomycete, Bryoclavula phycophila gen. et sp. nov., is described from Japan based on morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Although the fruiting bodies were dispersed on unidentified senescent bryophytes growing on a moist rock surface, the hyphae were not associated with the bryophyte cell...
Li, Jing Han, Li-Hong Liu, Xiao-Bin Zhao, Zhi-Wei Yang, Zhu L.
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IMA Fungus
The Pleurotus ostreatus species complex is saprotrophic and of significant economic and ecological importance. However, species delimitation has long been problematic because of phenotypic plasticity and morphological stasis. In addition, the evolutionary history is poorly understood due to limited sampling and insufficient gene fragments employed ...
De Chiara, Matteo Friedrich, Anne Barré, Benjamin Breitenbach, Michael Schacherer, Joseph Liti, Gianni
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BMC Biology
BackgroundMitochondria are essential organelles partially regulated by their own genomes. The mitochondrial genome maintenance and inheritance differ from the nuclear genome, potentially uncoupling their evolutionary trajectories. Here, we analysed mitochondrial sequences obtained from the 1011 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain collection and identif...
Townsend, James P. Tassia, Michael G. Damian-Serrano, Alejandro Whelan, Nathan V. Halanych, Kenneth M. Sweeney, Alison M.
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Marine Biodiversity
The stunning diversity of midwater ctenophores is well-known to veterans of oceanographic cruises and ROV operations, but many species lack formal descriptions, leading to taxonomic confusion and a systematic underestimation of the biodiversity of the mesopelagic zone. Here, we present a description of a novel genus and species of one such ctenopho...
Arroyave, Jairo Denton, John S. S. Stiassny, Melanie L. J.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundDistichodus is a clade of tropical freshwater fishes currently comprising 25 named species distributed continent-wide throughout the Nilo-Sudan and most Sub-Saharan drainages. This study investigates the phylogenetic relationships, timing of diversification, and biogeographic history of the genus from a taxonomically comprehensive mutiloc...
Hosseini, Behnoush El-Hasan, Abbas Link, Tobias Voegele, Ralf Thomas
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Mycological Progress
Phytopathogenic fungal species of the Diaporthe/Phomopsis complex (DPC) are associated with three highly destructive diseases on soybean: seed decay, pod and stem blight, and stem canker. They are responsible for poor seed quality and significant yield reduction in most soybean-producing areas. Precise identification and classification of DPC speci...
Pourghorban, Zohreh Salmaki, Yasaman Weigend, Maximilian
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Plant Systematics and Evolution
Cynoglossinae with ca. 200 spp. is one of the taxonomically most challenging subtribes of tribe Cynoglosseae with regard to generic delimitations. Here, we present a phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear ITS and cpDNA trnL-F and rps16 sequences of 270 accessions including 102 newly sequenced ones, representing all currently recognized genera of Cy...
Persson, Nannie L. Eriksson, Torsten Smedmark, Jenny E. E.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology
BackgroundMost cinquefoils (Potentilla L., Rosaceae) are polyploids, ranging from tetraploid (4x) to dodecaploid (12x), diploids being a rare exception. Previous studies based on ribosomal and chloroplast data indicated that Norwegian cinquefoil (P. norvegica L.) has genetic material from two separate clades within Potentilla; the Argentea and the ...
