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Putative Mechanisms for Initial Reaction of Anaerobic Benzene Degradation Presumably Involving a FlavoproteinNARA Subscribed
Biodegradation of benzene is most challenging among the plethora of hydrocarbons due to its high chemical stability. While aerobic bacteria employ O 2 ‐dependent oxygenases to overcome the high energy barrier, anaerobic benzene degradation remains enigmatic. Here we achieve an anaerobic enrichment, which is clonal with respect to the benzene‐degrading, sulphate‐reducing, marine bacterium BzS1, from a previously reported enrich...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2024 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
This perspective article synthesises insights from a 2023 interdisciplinary workshop in Kuching, Malaysia, where 26 experts examined how land use and land cover change (LULCC) impacts Blue Carbon Ecosystems (BCE) in Southeast Asia (SEA) and identified pathways for integrated, science-informed governance. BCE in SEA (mangroves, seagrasses and tidal wetlands) are globally significant carbon sinks, critical to biodiversity and th...
Optimising Outbreak Investigation, Surveillance and Discovery of Pathogens in Aquaculture Using Unbiased MetatranscriptomicsNARA Subscribed
Emerging infectious diseases are a major threat to global aquaculture production and are projected to increase in frequency due to anthropogenic stressors and climate change. Our ability to screen the global aquatic ‘infectome’ is dramatically improving through unbiased metatranscriptomic (i.e., total RNA) sequencing. Despite recent advances in molecular diagnostics and next‐generation sequencing, outbreak investigation in aqu...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2023 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Is Fucus a suitable biomonitoring organism for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination? A study from the Faroe IslandsNARA Subscribed
To evaluate seaweed as a biomonitoring organism, Fucus was sampled in the Faroe Islands. Nineteen PAHs, including the EPA 16, and four groups of alkylated PAHs were quantified using GC–MS analysis of extracts obtained using a modified QuEchERS method with ultrasonication in acetonitrile, back-extraction into hexane, and Florisil® cleanup. Samples from the harbor of Tórshavn collected at high tide were the most polluted with PA...
Yap/Taz activity is associated with increased expression of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase that supports myoblast proliferationNARA Subscribed
In skeletal muscle, the Hippo effector Yap promotes satellite cell, myoblast, and rhabdomyoblast proliferation but prevents myogenic differentiation into multinucleated muscle fibres. We previously noted that Yap drives expression of the first enzyme of the serine biosynthesis pathway, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase ( Phgdh ). Here, we examined the regulation and function of Phgdh in satellite cells and myoblasts and found tha...
The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2022 Annual ReportNARA Subscribed
Cold temperature stress and damaged skin induced high mortality in barramundi ( Lates calcarifer ) challenged with Vibrio harveyiNARA Subscribed
Most diseases in aquaculture are caused by opportunistic pathogens. One of them, Vibrio harveyi , is a widespread Gram‐negative bacterium that has become an important pathogen of aquatic species in marine environments. Here, we propose the use of the causal pie model as a framework to conceptualize the causation of vibriosis in juvenile barramundi ( Lates calcarifer ) and to establish an effective challenge model. In the model...
Reconciling East-African Wetland Conservation with Human Needs: Managing Uncertainties in Environmental Policy DesignNARA Subscribed
Rapidly developing societies in East-Africa impose increasing pressures on wetlands due to rising food demand and degradation of upland soils. Reconciling wetland conservation with human needs for food and energy is therefore becoming an increasing contentious issue. Stakeholders and actor coalitions generate and apply a great variety of meanings, values, and interests when interacting with wetlands which are hardly predictabl...
The Caatinga is an exclusively Brazilian biome, and is the largest and most biodiverse Seasonal Tropical Dry Forest in the world. Despite that, the mammalian fauna, especially small mammals, is the least studied of all Brazilian biomes. In order to fill gaps and provide detailed information on small mammals (Didelphimorphia, Rodentia) in the Caatinga biome, we compiled reliable records focusing on richness, composition and som...
Nano- and micro-structures in lunar zircon from Apollo 15 and 16 impactites: implications for age interpretationsNARA Subscribed
Meteorite impact processes are ubiquitous on the surfaces of rocky and icy bodies in the Solar System, including the Moon. One of the most common accessory minerals, zircon, when shocked, produces specific micro-structures that may become indicative of the age and shock conditions of these impact processes. To better understand the shock mechanisms in zircon from Apollo 15 and 16 impact breccias, we applied transmission electr...
A citizen science approach to enhance dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus ) data collection to improve species managementNARA Subscribed
Public integration in scientific research is fundamental to the conservation and enhancement of marine fisheries. A comprehensive review of the world's largest international citizen science capture–mark–recapture program (Dolphinfish Research Program (DRP)) for dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus ) was completed to catalogue 16 years of conventional tagging data and angler participation from 2002 to 2017. Data showed at least 13...