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Plant Sciences
Yu Wan, De-Wei Li, Yuan-Zhi Si, Min Li, Lin Huang, Li-Hua Zhu
Summary: In this study, three new species of Diaporthe on Acer palmatum were described and their phylogenetic relationships were determined. The tests of Koch's postulates confirmed that these three new species were pathogens causing leaf blight on A. palmatum. This study provides important information on the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Diaporthe spp.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa, Dylan Craven, Patrick Weigelt, Pierre Denelle, Rudiger Otto, Sandra Diaz, Jonathan Price, Jose Maria Fernandez-Palacios, Holger Kreft
Summary: Oceanic island floras are known for their unique morphological characteristics and provide examples of trait evolution. These morphological shifts are believed to be influenced by the biogeographical processes and evolutionary histories of oceanic islands. However, the mechanisms behind the distribution and diversity of plant functional traits remain unclear.
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Plant Sciences
Gabriel G. Barreto, Taimy Cantillo, Diogo H. Costa-Rezende, Luis F. P. Gusmao
Summary: A previously undescribed species of Sistotrema, named Sistotrema bulbilliferum, was found on the dead bark of Eucalyptus grandis in Rio Claro province, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. This is the first record of a Sistotrema species on Eucalyptus substrate worldwide.
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Plant Sciences
Sanjay Yadav, Sanjeet Kumar Verma, Vinay Kumar Singh, Raghvendra Singh, Archana Singh, Shambhu Kumar
Summary: The study taxonomically describes and compares a new anamorphic foliicolous fungus, Pseudocercospora haldinae, discovered on living leaves of Haldina cordifolia. The phylogeny of the species was inferred from rDNA sequence data, showing characteristic features of Pseudocercospora s. str. when cultivated on agar media.
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Environmental Sciences
Pablo Quintela-Alonso, Atef Omar, Ji Hye Moon, Jae-Ho Jung
Summary: The genus Apofrontonia includes species that have only been described in a few locations worldwide. It was assigned to the family Frontoniidae based on two diagnostic features - closely arranged kinetal rows in the peniculi and vestibular kineties on the right side of the vestibular cavity's opening. The first phylogenetic analysis of the genus was limited by the unavailability of gene sequences from other species and the general limitations of the Peniculia. The newly discovered Apofrontonia jejuensis n. sp. exhibits a fibrillar system associated with the oral ciliature similar to Frontonia species.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Engineering, Marine
Anna Diem, Patricio Ramalhosa, Eva Cacabelos, Jasmine Ferrario, Nuno Castro, Filipe Henriques, Joao Gama Monteiro, Paula Chainho, Christopher Kim Pham, Joao Canning-Clode, Jose Paula, Ignacio Gestoso
Summary: The synergistic effects of biological invasions have long been considered significant causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Therefore, early detection monitoring is crucial in mitigating nonindigenous species (NIS) threats. However, the current methods used to monitor biological invasions in the marine environment are inadequate in collecting mobile biota and assessing its diversity. This study conducted a pilot study using different prototypes to improve the efficiency of monitoring and to collect more representative samples of both sessile and mobile biota.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Manokaran Kamalakannan, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Shantanu Kundu, Govindarasu Gokulakrishnan, Chinnadurai Venkatraman, Kailash Chandra
Summary: A new species of shrew, Crocidura narcondamica sp. nov., was discovered on Narcondam Island, India, showing distinct external morphology and craniodental characters compared to other close congeners. This discovery increases the total number of Crocidura species in the Indian checklist of mammals to 12, and exhibits substantial genetic differences from other known Crocidura species in the region. Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial gene sequences support the evolutionary placement of the newly discovered species within the genus Crocidura.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Jose Cerca, Darko D. Cotoras, Vanessa C. Bieker, Rishi De-Kayne, Pablo Vargas, Mario Fernandez-Mazuecos, Julia Lopez-Delgado, Oliver White, Martin Stervander, Anthony J. Geneva, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, Joana Isabel Meier, Lizzie Roeble, Baptiste Bree, Jairo Patino, Juan M. Guayasamin, Maria de Lourdes Torres, Hugo Valdebenito, Maria del Rosario Castaneda, Jaime A. Chaves, Patricia Jaramillo Diaz, Luis Valente, Matthew L. Knope, Jonathan P. Price, Loren H. Rieseberg, Bruce G. Baldwin, Brent C. Emerson, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Rosemary Gillespie, Michael D. Martin
Summary: A recurring feature of oceanic archipelagos is the presence of adaptive radiations that generate endemic, species-rich clades. Recent developments in evolutionary genomics have contributed towards solving questions at this interface. However, most of these radiations have not yet been investigated from an evolutionary genomics perspective, revealing gaps in knowledge related to implementation of genomic approaches, as well as undersampled taxonomic and geographic areas.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Yuan-Zhi Si, De-Wei Li, Jing Zhong, Lin Huang, Li-Hua Zhu
Summary: Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn., or soapberry, is an important biodiesel tree in southern China. Recently, leaf spot disease on soapberry has been observed frequently in a soapberry germplasm repository in Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian province, China. This study identified and described a new species of Diaporthe, named Diaporthe sapindicola sp. nov., that causes the leaf spot disease.
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Zoology
Lei Wang, Zi-mei Dong, Guang-wen Chen, Ronald Sluys, De-zeng Liu
Summary: Two new species of the genus Dugesia from Hainan Island of China are described based on morphological, karyological, and molecular data. Dugesia semiglobosa and Dugesia majuscula have distinct characteristics and mixoploid chromosome complements. The sexualization process may have been induced by lower temperatures in the laboratory compared to their natural habitat.
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Biology
Vincenzo A. Ellis, Arif Ciloglu, Alparslan Yildirim, Staffan Bensch
Summary: To understand the dispersion and host-switching of parasites, we estimated the timing of when a parasite's ancestor dispersed to the Seychelles and began infecting the Seychelles warbler. We utilized mitochondrial genomes and molecular divergence rates to determine the date of divergence between the parasite Haemoproteus nucleocondensis and its host species. Our results showed that even specialized parasites can naturally disperse long distances to become emerging infectious diseases.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Maeva Naze, Jean-Noel Eric Riviere, Frederic Chiroleu, Antoine Franck, Isabelle Fock-Bastide
Summary: This study investigates the seed germination of five species from the subalpine shrubland of Reunion Island. It reveals the presence of dormancy in some plants and the potential of gibberellic acid as a substitute for light in promoting seed germination. The study also finds limited improvement in seed germination with smoke-infused water.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
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Zoology
S. Blair Hedges
Summary: This article describes a new species of frog called Eleutherodactylus montserratae sp. nov. which was previously mistaken for E. johnstonei. The new species shows distinct morphological differences from E. johnstonei, including smaller body size (in both males and females), larger tympanum, wider head, and greater separation between the nostrils. Both species have been introduced and established populations in the Caribbean region and are likely to expand their ranges in the future.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Andreas C. Dimitriou, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Anastasia Georgiou, Stefano Taiti, Spyros Sfenthourakis
Summary: This study discovered a new endogean species and two new epigean species on the island of Cyprus through genomic analysis and morphology identification.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Microbiology
Ya-Rong Wang, Yu-Cheng Dai, Hong-Gao Liu, Josef Vlasak, Peter Buchanan, Yuan Yuan, Ying-Da Wu
Summary: Megasporoporia sensu lato has been intensively studied in China and South America, resulting in the recognition of four genera and 36 species within this genus. This study analyzed more samples and described six new species, as well as provided an identification key to these species.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
