A reference genome sequence for giant sequoia

AD Scott, AV Zimin, D Puiu, R Workman… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) of California are massive, long-lived trees
that grow along the US Sierra Nevada mountains. Genomic data are limited in giant sequoia …

Sediment metagenomes as time capsules of lake microbiomes

RE Garner, I Gregory-Eaves, DA Walsh - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The reconstruction of ecological time series from lake sediment archives can retrace the
environmental impact of human activities. Molecular genetic approaches in paleolimnology …

Model-based evaluation of management options in ornamental plant nurseries

M Ruett, C Whitney, E Luedeling - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural management decisions are usually made without perfect knowledge. Decision
Analysis (DA) approaches translate available uncertain information on costs, benefits and …

[HTML][HTML] CrAssphage for fecal source tracking in Chile: covariation with norovirus, HF183, and bacterial indicators

WC Jennings, E Gálvez-Arango, AL Prieto, AB Boehm - Water Research X, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic fecal pollution in urban waterbodies can promote the spread of waterborne
disease. The objective of this study was to test crAssphage, a novel viral human fecal marker …

The initial gut microbiota and response to antibiotic perturbation influence Clostridioides difficile clearance in mice

S Tomkovich, JMA Stough, L Bishop, PD Schloss - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The gut microbiota has a key role in determining susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile
infections (CDIs). However, much of the mechanistic work examining CDIs in mouse models …

Changes of NOx in urban air detected with monitoring VIS-NIR field spectrometer during the coronavirus pandemic: A case study in Germany

P Naethe, M Delaney, T Julitta - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has led to a significant reduction of traffic
and traffic-related urban air pollution. One important pollutant in this context is NO2. Sudden …

Performance and profitability of rain-based thresholds for timing fungicide applications in soybean rust control

GC Beruski, EM Del Ponte, AB Pereira… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Soybean rust (SBR), caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is the most damaging
disease of soybean in Brazil. Effective management is achieved by means of calendar-timed …

[HTML][HTML] Deficits across multiple behavioral domains align with susceptibility to stress in 129S1/SvImJ mice

G Rodriguez, SJ Moore, RC Neff, ED Glass… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acute physical or psychological stress can elicit adaptive behaviors that allow an organism
maintain homeostasis. However, intense and/or prolonged stressors often have the opposite …

A genome-based model to predict the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

NB Pincus, EA Ozer, JP Allen, M Nguyen, JJ Davis… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Variation in the genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an important pathogen, can have
dramatic impacts on the bacterium's ability to cause disease. We therefore asked whether it …

[HTML][HTML] dfoliatR: An R package for detection and analysis of insect defoliation signals in tree rings

CH Guiterman, AM Lynch, JN Axelson - Dendrochronologia, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a new R package to provide dendroecologists with tools to infer, quantify,
analyze, and visualize growth suppression events in tree rings. dfoliatR is based on the …