Supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(12374206)to K.Z.;National Key R&DProgram of China(2023YFC3402401)to K.Z.;National KeyR&D Program of China(2020YFA0906900)to F.J.;China,Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M740523)to J.Z.;Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Research Fund ofthe Academy(2022B1013)to J.Z。
In Pseudomonas aeruginosa,the dynamic activity of type IV pilus(TFP)is essential for various bacterial behaviors.While PilU isconsidered a homolog of the TFP disassembling motor PilT,its specific roles remain unclear.U...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51979236)。
Aeration induced turbulence was considered as an important measure to control the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms in many lakes.Different aeration intensities were set for the culture of Microcystis aeruginosa bas...
Supported by the Chongqing Water Conservancy Bureau Project(No.5000002021BF40001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41601537);the Science and Technology Support Project of Guizhou Province,China(No.[2022]General 148)。
Genus Microcystis is the most common dominant species of bloom-forming cyanobacteria.Growth and colony formation are critical processes for the occurrence of Microcystis blooms.To identify allelochemicals that can inh...
Aiming at the shortcomings of the existing automatic colony counter, a set of algorithms based on the principle of image chromatic aberration to achieve colony identification is proposed, and a colony identification d...
wasfunded by a project of the Planting Management Depart-ment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs(152307023);the Science and Technology Programof Qiandongnan Prefecture(Qiandongnan[2021]07).
Bumblebees play an important ecological economic role as pollinators in natureand agriculture.For reasons of biosecurity,many countries promote the cultivation of na-tive bumblebee species for crop pollination instead...
supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund(STDF)project(no.44049)and TICAD7 scholarship from the Egyptian and Japanese governments.We are also grateful to Professor Hiromi Nakanishi from the University of Tokyo,for the analyses with the PCR and TOYOBO for the sequencing.
Retting has been employed to extract natural fibers from agricultural wastes as a biological and cost-effective approach for centuries.With its global abundance,banana pseudo-stem is a promising agro-waste for lignoce...
Background The Alere PBP2a SA Culture Colony Test is an FDA-cleared in vitro immunochromatographic assay for rapid detection of penicillin-binding protein2a(PBP2a)in Staphylococcus aureus.Methods We investigated the p...
We thank the Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand for funding to H.J.P.;Stuart Gilchrist for enabling GBS alignments to the prepublication B.tryoni reference genome.This study was conducted as part of the"Phenology,demography,and distribution of Australia's fruit flies"project,funded through the Strengthening Australia's Fruit Fly System Research Program;Funding for the program is provided by the Australian Government,with contributions matched from state and territory governments.
Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis are morphologically similar sibling pest fruit fly species that possess different biological attributes,geographic distributions,and host ranges.The need to differentiate ...
Funding for lesser kestrels tagging was provided by Iberdrola Espana Foundation(MIGRA program of SEO/BirdLife),GREFA(supported by Ministerio para la Transicion Ecologica y Reto Demografico,Junta de Castilla-La Mancha and SEITT,s.a.),Cordoba Zoo,Alcala de Henares Municipality,and Global Nature Foundation within the LIFE Project"Steppe Farming"(LIFE15417NAT/ES/000734);Lina Lopez-Ricaurte has received financial support through the"La Caixa"INPhINIT Fellowship Grant for Doctoral studies at Spanish Research Centres of Excellence,"La Caixa"Banking Foundation,Barcelona,Spain.In Andalucia tags were funded byKESTRELS MOVE"project(ref:CGL201679249 P)(AEI/FEDER,UE);At the time of analyses and writing,this study was supported by projects MERCURIO(ref:PID2020-421115793GB)(AEI/FEDER,UE);SUMHAL European Regional Development Fund4(ref:LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13)(MICINN,POPE 2014-2020).
Migratory connectivity describes the linkage between breeding and nonbreeding sites,having major ecological implications in birds:1 season influence the success of an individual or a population in the following season...
The financial support was granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272935,Z.L.);the COLOSS Ricola Award for Excellence(Z.L.);the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-44,T.J.);the Lvyangjinfeng Program of Yangzhou(YZLYJFJH2021YXBS155,Z.L.).
Honeybees are the most critical pollinators providing key ecosystem services that underpin crop production and sustainable agriculture.Amidst a backdrop of rapid global change,this eusocial insect encounters a success...