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hostrange, etc ; Capsalidae; DNA; Japan; Semicossyphus; aquaculture; biodiversity; fish; fisheries; new species; parasitology; penis; phylogeny; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The Seto Inland Sea, the largest inland sea in Japan, is a rich fishery with high biodiversity and productivity. Monogeneans have been studied for more than 120 years, and 58 nominal species have been recorded in the Seto inland Sea. This study provided DNA information on five species of Benedenia sensu lato (Capsalidae) from marine fishes from the sea, and one of them, Benedenia kobudai n. sp., i ...
hostrange, etc ; Acinetobacter baumannii; bioinformatics; plasmids; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The bioinformatic analysis that we made of 492 Acinetobacter baumannii plasmid sequences identified 418 genes encoding Replication Initiator (Rep) proteins that fell into at least fourteen groups according to the protein domains that they contained. The most abundant group of Rep proteins contained a Rep_3 superfamily domain, followed by Rep proteins containing Replicase/PriCT_1 superfamily domain ...
hostrange, etc ; acoustics; ant nests; hemolymph; parasites; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Ant nest beetles (Carabidae, Paussinae, Paussini; Paussus) are renowned myrmecophiles, mostly known for their bizarre and diverse antennal shape. While little is known about their development, behavior and host range, we do know they spend most of their lives inside ant nests, feeding upon the hemolymph of ant brood and teneral workers. Recent findings suggest these beetles use a surprisingly comp ...
hostrange, etc ; Heracleum; Orobanchaceae; indigenous species; Caucasus region; Show all 5 Subjects
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... AbstractOrobanche ingens is an endemic species from the Caucasus, especially the Greater Caucasus, parasitising on large Apiaceae (usually Heracleum). This species was misclassified over the years and little was known about its range and habitats. Here, we clarify the typification, as well as provide notes about the taxonomy of this species. Additionally, we presented distribution, habit and host ...
hostrange, etc ; Begomovirus; Capsicum; DNA; epigenetics; histones; pathogenesis; virulence; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses are among the major threats to the cultivation of Capsicum spp. (Family: Solanaceae) worldwide. Capsicum-infecting begomoviruses (CIBs) have a broad host range and are commonly found in mixed infections, which, in turn, fuels the emergence of better-adapted species through intraspecies and interspecies recombination. Virus-encoded proteins hijack host factors to ...
hostrange, etc ; Chrysobothris femorata; color; entomology; fruits; reflectance; trees; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Chrysobothris spp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and other closely related buprestids are common pests of fruit, shade, and nut trees in the United States. Many Chrysobothris spp., including Chrysobothris femorata, are polyphagous herbivores. Their wide host range leads to the destruction of numerous tree species in nurseries and orchards. Although problems caused by Chrysobothris are well known, ther ...
hostrange, etc ; forest pests; hybrids; progeny; wastes; Nova Scotia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... AbstractTetropium fuscum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a Eurasian longhorn beetle and forest pest that first became invasive to Nova Scotia, Canada around 1990. In the time since its introduction, T. fuscum has spread only about 150 km from its point of introduction. In its invasive range, T. fuscum co-exists with its congener Tetropium cinnamopterum. Although they are ecologically similar specie ...
hostrange, etc ; Archaea; DNA; Porifera; data collection; freshwater; metagenomics; taxonomy; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Sponges (type Porifera) are multicellular organisms that give shelter to a variety of microorganisms: fungi, algae, archaea, bacteria, and viruses. The studies concerning the composition of viral communities in sponges have appeared rather recently, and the diversity and role of viruses in sponge holobionts remain largely undisclosed. In this study, we assessed the diversity of DNA viruses in the ...
Trevor J.L. Sless; Michael G. Branstetter; Jessica P. Gillung; Erin A. Krichilsky; Kerrigan B. Tobin; Jakub Straka; Jerome G. Rozen; Felipe V. Freitas; Aline C. Martins; Silas Bossert; Jeremy B. Searle; Bryan N. Danforth
hostrange, etc ; Apidae; Neotropics; bees; life history; parasitism; polyphyly; progeny; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Brood parasites (also known as cleptoparasites) represent a substantial fraction of global bee diversity. Rather than constructing their own nests, these species instead invade those of host bees to lay their eggs. Larvae then hatch and consume the food provisions intended for the host’s offspring. While this life history strategy has evolved numerous times across the phylogeny of bees, the oldest ...
hostrange, etc ; Salmonella; adsorption; bacteriophages; chickens; transmission electron microscopy; virology; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Salmonella contamination is a critical problem in poultry farms, with serious consequences for both animals and food products. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of phage cocktails to reduce Salmonella contamination in poultry farms. Within the scope of the study, Salmonella phages were isolated from chicken stool. After the host range of phages was determined, morphological character ...
hostrange, etc ; Hydrozoa; Porifera; coral reefs; epibionts; fauna; symbionts; Bonaire; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Coral reefs are known to be among the most biodiverse marine ecosystems and one of the richest in terms of associations and species interactions, especially those involving invertebrates such as corals and sponges. Despite that, our knowledge about cryptic fauna and their ecological role remains remarkably scarce. This study aimed to address this gap by defining for the first time the spatial ecol ...
hostrange, etc ; Coleoptera; Lepidoptera; Orthoptera; ancestry; phylogeny; soil; statistical analysis; taxonomy; Show all 9 Subjects
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... A maximum-likelihood reconstruction of ancestral host association was attempted by mapping the taxonomic order of hosts on a phylogenomics species tree from a previous study of Beauveria taxonomy. The results showed that the ancestor of this genus had a broad host range with the most likelihood of association to Coleoptera. The most recent common ancestors (MRCAs) at various nodes within the phylo ...
hostrange, etc ; Athelia rolfsii; chickpeas; disease control; genotype; pathogens; plant pathology; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The pervasive soil-borne pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii (Sacc.) is responsible for collar rot (CR) of chickpea identified as one of the major production constraints for its cultivation worldwide. Presence of wider host range and absence of stable resistance sources against the pathogen makes it more difficult to manage, and seeks urgency towards identification of new sources of resistance. Environmen ...
hostrange, etc ; bacteria; bacterial growth; bacteriophages; mathematical models; phage therapy; virulence; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Validated methods for phage selection, host range expansion, and lytic activity determination are indispensable for maximizing phage therapy outcomes. In this review, we describe some relevant methods, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages, and categorize them as preliminary or confirmatory methods where appropriate. Experimental conditions, such as the composition and consistency of cul ...
hostrange, etc ; competitive exclusion; mixed infection; models; pathogens; population dynamics; probability; superinfection; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Understanding the underlying mechanisms for pathogen spillover is a main quest in epidemiology. Given the complexity of multi-host systems, several factors may play a relative role in spillover dynamics. A relatively less studied factor is the internal dynamics of pathogens that result from inter-strain competition. The competitive interactions among strains can cause deterministic changes in the ...
hostrange, etc ; Amphipoda; Microsporidia; anthropogenic activities; host specificity; parasitology; phylogeny; rivers; watersheds; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The present study provides new insight into suitable microsporidian–host associations. It relates regional and continental-wide host specialization in microsporidians infecting amphipods to degraded and recovering habitats across 2 German river catchments. It provides a unique opportunity to infer the persistence of parasites following anthropogenic disturbance and their establishment in restored ...
hostrange, etc ; Gastropoda; corals; fauna; habitats; pests; snails; symbionts; Bonaire; Sint Eustatius; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The presence of associated endofauna can have an impact on the health of corals. During fieldwork on the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao in 2021, the presence of an unknown coral-dwelling worm snail was discovered, which appeared to cause damage to its hosts. A study of photo archives revealed that the species was already present during earlier surveys at Curaçao since 2014 and also in the so ...
hostrange, etc ; Orthohepevirus A; RNA; codon usage; entropy; hosts; pathogens; wild boars; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important zoonotic pathogen infecting a wide range of host species. It has a positive‐sense, single‐stranded RNA genome encoding three open reading frames (ORFs). Synonymous codon usages of viruses essentially determine their survival and adaptation to susceptible hosts. To better understand the interplay between the ever‐expanding host range and synonymous codon usag ...
hostrange, etc ; Fulgoridae; Schefflera; Triadica sebifera; egg masses; indigenous species; instars; Taiwan; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Although Pyrops watanabei is a species native to Taiwan, many fundamental aspects of the species are still poorly documented. Populations of the lanternfly in locations of northern Taiwan were found in abundance and were suitable for the conduction of an investigation from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. We established the shift in the main host plants with different developmental stages. The occurre ...
Armando J. Cruz‐Laufer; Antoine Pariselle; Michiel W. P. Jorissen; Fidel Muterezi Bukinga; Anwar Al Assadi; Maarten Van Steenberge; Stephan Koblmüller; Christian Sturmbauer; Karen Smeets; Tine Huyse; Tom Artois; Maarten P. M. Vanhove
hostrange, etc ; Cichlidae; Cichlidogyrus; adaptive radiation; biodiversity; cluster analysis; ectoparasites; phenotype; synapomorphy; Show all 9 Subjects
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... A substantial portion of biodiversity has evolved through adaptive radiation. However, the effects of explosive speciation on species interactions remain poorly understood. Metazoan parasites infecting radiating host lineages could improve our knowledge because of their intimate host relationships. Yet limited molecular, phenotypic and ecological data discourage multivariate analyses of evolutiona ...