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Molecular Characterization of Protease Activity in Serratia sp. Strain SCBI...

A newly recognized Serratia species, termed South African Caenorhabditis briggsae isolate (SCBI), is both a mutualist of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae KT0001 and a pathogen of lepidopteran...

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Cultivar diversity as a means of ecologically intensifying dry matter...

The relationship between genotypic diversity and productivity has not been adequately explored in perennial forage production systems despite strong theoretical and empirical evidence supporting...

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Draft genome sequence of Frankia sp. strain BMG5.23, a salt-tolerant...

Nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria of the genus Frankia are symbionts of woody dicotyledonous plants termed actinorhizal plants. We report here a 5.27-Mbp draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain...

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Contrasted Reactivity to Oxygen Tensions in Frankia sp. Strain CcI3...

Reconciling the irreconcilable is a primary struggle in aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Although nitrogenase is oxygen and reactive oxygen species-labile, oxygen tension is required to sustain...

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A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Fragaria (Strawberry) Using...

The genus Fragaria encompasses species at ploidy levels ranging from diploid to decaploid. The cultivated strawberry, Fragaria×ananassa, and its two immediate progenitors, F. chiloensis and F....

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Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services

Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by serving as a food source...

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A Vavilovian approach to discovering crop-associated microbes with potential...

Through active associations with a diverse community of largely non-pathogenic microbes, a plant may be thought of as possessing an “extended genotype,” an interactive cross-organismal genome with...

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Permanent improved high-quality draft genome sequence of Nocardia casuarinae...

Here, we report the first genome sequence of aNocardiaplant endophyte, N. casuarinaestrain BMG51109, isolated fromCasu-arina glaucaroot nodules. The improved high-quality draft genome sequence...

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Bacterial community profiles and Vibrio parahaemolyticus abundance in...

Oysters naturally harbor the human gastric pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, but the nature of this association is unknown. Because microbial interactions could influence the accumulation of V....

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Permanent draft genome sequence of Nocardia sp. BMG111209, an actinobacterium...

Nocardia sp. strain BMG111209 is a non-Frankia actinobacterium isolated from root nodules of Casuarina glauca in Tunisia. Here, we report the 9.1-Mbp draft genome sequence of Nocardia sp. strain...

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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina...

The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C. calcarata has been relatively...

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Permanent Draft Genome Sequence for Frankia sp. Strain EI5c, a Single-Spore...

Frankia sp. strain EI5c is a member of Frankia lineage III, which is able to reinfect plants of the Eleagnaceae, Rhamnaceae, Myricaceae, and Gymnostoma, as well as the genus Alnus. Here, we report the...

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Nitrate uptake across biomes and the influence of elemental stoichiometry: A...

Considering recent increases in anthropogenic N loading, it is essential to identify the controls on N removal and retention in aquatic ecosystems because the fate of N has consequences for water...

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Host-selected mutations converging on a global regulator drive an adaptive...

Host immune and physical barriers protect against pathogens but also impede the establishment of essential symbiotic partnerships. To reveal mechanisms by which beneficial organisms adapt to...

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The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata

Understanding the evolution of animal societies, considered to be a major transition in evolution, is a key topic in evolutionary biology. Recently, new gateways for understanding social evolution...

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Genomics reveals historic and contemporary transmission dynamics of a...

Whole-genome sequencing has provided fundamental insights into infectious disease epidemiology, but has rarely been used for examining transmission dynamics of a bacterial pathogen in wildlife. In the...

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Permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. strain LCM 4579, a...

The genus Ensifer (formerly Sinorhizobium) contains many species able to form nitrogen-fixing nodules on plants of the legume family. Here, we report the 6.1-Mb draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp....

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Differential introgression and the maintenance of species boundaries in an...

Background: Evolutionary processes, including selection and differential fitness, shape the introgression of genetic material across a hybrid zone, resulting in the exchange of some genes but not...

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Multiple discrete soluble aggregates influence polyglutamine toxicity in a...

Huntington’s disease (HD) results from expansions of polyglutamine stretches (polyQ) in the huntingtin protein (Htt) that promote protein aggregation, neurodegeneration, and death. Since the diversity...

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Permanent draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain CeD, a nitrogen-fixing...

Frankia strain CeD is a member of Frankia lineage Ib that is able to reinfect plants of the Casuarina families. Here, we report a 5.0-Mbp draft genome sequence with a G+C content of 70.1% and 3,847...

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