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0000-0002-8505-3050
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Universidade do Porto
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Publisher: Magnolia Press
Date: 23-11-2016
DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4196.3.9
Abstract: The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed by the Code has already been discussed in Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007 Donegan 2008, 2009 Nemésio 2009a–b Dubois 2009 Gentile & Snell 2009 Minelli 2009 Cianferoni & Bartolozzi 2016 Amorim et al. 2016). This question was again raised in a letter supported by 35 signatories published in the journal Nature (Pape et al. 2016) on 15 September 2016. On 25 September 2016, the following rebuttal (strictly limited to 300 words as per the editorial rules of Nature) was submitted to Nature, which on 18 October 2016 refused to publish it. As we think this problem is a very important one for zoological taxonomy, this text is published here exactly as submitted to Nature, followed by the list of the 493 taxonomists and collection-based researchers who signed it in the short time span from 20 September to 6 October 2016.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.TREE.2021.11.008
Abstract: Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global bio ersity. These genomes provide unique insights into genomic ersity and architecture, thereby enabling comprehensive analyses of population and functional genomics, and are expected to revolutionize conservation genomics.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-05-2018
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-24472-2
Abstract: Parasitic chytrid fungi have emerged as a significant threat to hibian species worldwide, necessitating the development of techniques to isolate these pathogens into culture for research purposes. However, early methods of isolating chytrids from their hosts relied on killing hibians. We modified a pre-existing protocol for isolating chytrids from infected animals to use toe clips and biopsies from toe webbing rather than euthanizing hosts, and distributed the protocol to researchers as part of the Bio ERsA project RACE here called the RML protocol. In tandem, we developed a lethal procedure for isolating chytrids from tadpole mouthparts. Reviewing a database of use a decade after their inception, we find that these methods have been applied across 5 continents, 23 countries and in 62 hibian species. Isolation of chytrids by the non-lethal RML protocol occured in 18% of attempts with 207 fungal isolates and three species of chytrid being recovered. Isolation of chytrids from tadpoles occured in 43% of attempts with 334 fungal isolates of one species ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ) being recovered. Together, these methods have resulted in a significant reduction and refinement of our use of threatened hibian species and have improved our ability to work with this group of emerging pathogens.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-05-2020
DOI: 10.1111/EVO.13987
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-02-2019
DOI: 10.1038/S41559-019-0798-1
Abstract: Animal-associated microbiomes are integral to host health, yet key biotic and abiotic factors that shape host-associated microbial communities at the global scale remain poorly understood. We investigated global patterns in hibian skin bacterial communities, incorporating s les from 2,349 in iduals representing 205 hibian species across a broad biogeographic range. We analysed how biotic and abiotic factors correlate with skin microbial communities using multiple statistical approaches. Global hibian skin bacterial richness was consistently correlated with temperature-associated factors. We found more erse skin microbiomes in environments with colder winters and less stable thermal conditions compared with environments with warm winters and less annual temperature variation. We used bioinformatically predicted bacterial growth rates, dormancy genes and antibiotic synthesis genes, as well as inferred bacterial thermal growth optima to propose mechanistic hypotheses that may explain the observed patterns. We conclude that temporal and spatial characteristics of the host's macro-environment mediate microbial ersity.
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 2018
Funder: Saint Louis Zoo
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