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We aimed to identify how the alkaline dust fallout from magnesite factories (Slovenské rudohorie Mts, Western Carpathians) affects biodiversity and species composition of oak-hornbeam forests, and to compare sensitivity of local biodiversity represented by vascular plants (including flowering plants and ferns) and cryptogams (cyanobacteria, macromycetes, slime molds, lichens, bryophytes). Altogether...
The effects of autotrophic, heterotrophic, and mixotrophic conditions were examined on micro green alga Dunaliella salina (UTEX 200) in terms of cell growth, total chlorophyll concentration, and lipid production. Results revealed a minimum growth rate of microalgae in the heterotrophic condition which is not recommended for D. salina. When the cells were cultured in mixotrophic conditions containing...
In high latitude and alpine environments many plants show an increase in viviparous reproduction in response to harsh environmental conditions. Low or no seed set means that ex situ conservation in the form of seed banking is not a conservation option for such species. We investigated the potential for bulbils to be stored ex situ in seed banks using traditional storage methods (drying and freezing...
Species distribution models (SDM) are increasingly used in the regional biodiversity assessments, pest management strategies, conservation biology, ecology, and evolution. In the present study, the maximum entropy model was used to predict the potential distribution of three hemipteran stink bugs, namely Acrosternum arabicum, A. breviceps, and A. millierei in Kerman province, south of Iran, using...
A kite designated Milvus migrans migrans/lineatus was observed and photographed near the village of Zhornyska in Yavorivskyi District, Lviv Region, Ukraine several times between 10 and 17 May 2018. This is the first well documented observation in Ukraine of a kite presumably originated from a large hybrid zone between black kites Milvus migrans migrans and black-eared kites Milvus migrans lineatus...
Antimony (Sb) is a toxic metalloid whose pollution has become a serious problem. However, studies on fungal endophytes resistant to antimony are virtually nonexistent. An endophytic fungal strain was isolated for the first time from the roots of Hedysarum pallidum Desf. which is a Sb accumulator Fabacea growing on mine cuttings. Experiments with high Sb increased concentrations (0, 5, 10, 20 and 30 mM...
The ZNF280D is a member of the C2H2 zinc finger family, which plays important roles in cell and organismal growth, secretion, and other biological processes. This study aimed to identify the alternative splicing of pig ZNF280D, and to predict the structure and function of the encoded proteins, as well as to study the spatio-temporal expression patterns of each transcript. RNA-seq and qPCR technology...
The aim of this study was to predict suitable habitat for different clades of Apathya cappadocica in the Middle East. An additional goal was to calculate the ecological niche space of all lineages to determine the hypothesized degree of niche overlap and niche differentiation between these clades in Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria. All presence records of Apathya taxa in the study area were obtained...
Chemical approaches and small molecules are considered as an inseparable part of regenerative medicine and stem-cell-based therapies. Zinc (Zn) is a well-known trace element essential for normal spermatogenesis and has a regulatory role on the expression of several genes in different tissues of the body. This study determines and compares the effects of organic (acetate, ZnA) and inorganic Zinc (sulfate,...
The aim of the present work was to investigate and compare the content of phenolic compounds in four taxa of Erigeron acris L. s. l.: E. acris (EAA), E. acris subsp. droebachiensis (O.F. Müll.) Arcang. (EAD), E. acris subsp. serotinus (Weihe) Greuter (EAS) and E. ×huelsenii Vatke (EH), a hybrid between E. acris and E. canadensis L. The total flavonoid content was determined by Christ-Müller method...
Helianthus × multiflorus is a triploid (2n = 51) interspecific hybrid derived from the cross of H. decapetalus with H. annuus that exists in radiate and ligulate inflorescence types. The H. × multiflorus “Soleil d’Or” has a ligulate inflorescence, with actinomorphic corolla of disk flowers converted in zygomorphic ray-like corollas. In “Soleil d’Or”, a truncated CACTA transposable element (TE), named...
The emergence of renewable energy infrastructures calls for a better understanding of their impact on biodiversity. The aim of the present study was to investigate in a mountain region the impact of a wind turbine on plant communities in their vicinity. A field survey was conducted in a wind farm situated in the Southern Romanian Carpathians, five years after the turbines were installed. We tested...
The characterization of tissue-specific gene expression in failing hearts requires the identification of appropriately validated reference genes. This study sought to validate which commonly used reference genes were the most suitable for qRT-PCR data normalization in epicardial adipose tissue and left ventricular myocardium in patients with end-stage heart failure. The mRNA expression of 10 candidate...
This work deals with five species of oribatid mites from Trans-Altai Gobi, Mongolia. Mainothrus transaltaicus sp. n. is proposed on the basis of adults, deuto- and tritonymphs, and a diagnostic key to adults of all known species of Mainothrus is presented. Ramusella samiyai sp. n. is proposed based on adults, which assigned to the subgenus Insculptoppia Subías, 1980. Passalozetes africanus Grandjean,...
The influence of a 3-years cultivation of legumes on macroarthropod community composition was investigated. Soil samples were taken from a field experiment which was conducted for three years to characterize the agronomic characteristics of eight cover crops: Crotalaria juncea L., Crotalaria spectabilis Roth, Crotalaria ochroleuca G. Don., Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC., Dolichos lablab...
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