Urban wastewater systems represent important interfaces between human activity and the environmental occurrence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) markers. We assessed the temporal dynamics of intI1 , ermB , and the 16 S rRNA gene by quantitative PCR across three wastewater systems (EPC, CJC, and JW) in Fortaleza, Brazil, from November 2021 to November 2023. Bacterial communities were additionally characterized by 16 S rRNA gen...

Motivation The database initiated by the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) is one of the few globally implemented standardized vegetation surveys in mountains. The focus is on collecting plant species occurrences at 5‐year intervals along and adjacent to mountain roads spanning elevational gradients, with the goal of providing critical information about the ongoing spread of non‐native plants and the potential impacts...

This study presented the industrial-scale validation of a two-stage growth strategy for a poorly explored yet industrially relevant chlorophyte microalga, Chlorococcum amblystomatis , addressing the gap between laboratory research and practical application. By using cultures grown heterotrophically as inoculum for industrial-scale photoautotrophic reactors, this approach significantly accelerated scale-up. The proposed strateg...

The d emographic shift toward an older population is accelerating the prevalence of age-related diseases. Precision geromedicine represents a paradigm shift in targeting the biological processes of ageing to optimise health and healthspan, which likely requires multimodal tailored interventions. PROMETHEUS, as part of the XPRIZE healthspan semi-finalist competition, is an 8-week feasibility and exploratory study including 20 m...

Neoidiotypa Osten-Sacken, 1878 is a rare genus of Richardiidae distinguished by its relatively large body size, wasp-like appearance, and several diagnostic morphological characters. Six valid species of Neoidiotypa are known, occurring in Central America. In this study, we describe and illustrate a new species of the genus, Neoidiotypa peruana sp. n., representing the first record of Neoidiotypa from South America. We also pr...

The genus Astyanax is highly diverse within the family Acestrorhamphidae, and species identification remains challenging due to overlapping morphological, morphometric, meristic, and coloration traits. As a result, several taxa have been considered as species complexes or treated as synonyms. Molecular and cytogenetic approaches are essential for clarifying taxonomic boundaries and assessing potential genetic divergence among...

Accurate species distribution data are essential for effective conservation planning; however, they are often incomplete or spatially biased. Such limitations may obscure real biodiversity patterns and undermine the reliability of cross-taxon congruence analyses. Here, we assess how data quality and sampling effort influence estimates of cross-taxon congruence in insect species richness patterns across the Iberian Peninsula an...

Planinasus Cresson, 1914 is a Neotropical periscelidid genus characterized by an abnormally large head, a characteristic more pronounced in the males of some species. It includes 18 living and one fossil species distributed in the New World Tropics, especially in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean islands. The genus was recently reviewed, however the diversity of species in Brazil, especially in...

Wildfires represent a powerful driver of tropical forest degradation across human-modified landscapes. Here, we investigated the impacts of wildfires on the functional and taxonomic dimensions of tree assemblages into old-growth, once-burned and twice-burned forest stands, covering 6 ha in the eastern Amazon. Tree assemblages were examined via a large set of functional attributes relative to wood density, bark thickness, verti...

Legumes are key components of tropical ecosystems, enhancing soil fertility, supporting primary productivity, and strengthening ecological resilience through their mutualist associations with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Yet, the diversity, nodulation status, and biogeographic patterns of Fabaceae in Mozambique remain poorly known. We present the first comprehensive taxonomic and functional assessment of Mozambique’s native Fabac...

Tripneustes ventricosus (Lamarck 1816) is one of the largest and most commercially valuable sea urchins in the Caribbean. This study examined the effects of key water quality parameters on the energetic physiology of adult individuals under controlled conditions to establish the basis for their reproductive conditioning and culture. Three 30-day experiments independently assess the effects of temperature (24, 27, 30 °C), oxyge...