A study of the water fleas (Crustacea: Cladocera) in man-made lakes northeast part United Arab Emirates revealed five species: Ceriodaphnia cf. cornuta Sars, 1885; Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) arabica Neretina, Al Neyadi et Hamza, 2022; Moina micrura Kurz, 1875; Anthalona mediterranea (Yalim, 2005); Coronatella anemae Van Damme Dumont, 2008. The morphologies four taxa are described detail, except tha...

Semisulcospira is a freshwater snail genus highly divergent in the ancient Lake Biwa, Japan, with history of ~4 million years. Although shell morphology, karyotype and molecular phylogeny have been well studied, systematic status several non-monophyletic species remains uncertain. In this study, we evaluated taxonomic accounts previously identified as decipiens, S. habei relatives. We examined ...

Background:Different phylogenetic groups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli are associated with increased virulence and multidrug resistance, highlighting the importance understanding genetic characteristics these isolates for effective treatment prevention UTIs. Genomic analysis was conducted on 100 obtained from multiple hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq, which showed extensive resistance to drugs, i...

The stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium is a native European freshwater species with significant population declines caused by anthropogenic pressure onto its habitats, climate change and spreading of non-native invasive their pathogens. Large-scale DNA barcoding based on sequencing short fragment the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ( COI ) gene revealed this represents high...

Little is known about the genomic diversity of Escherichia coli in healthy children from sub-Saharan Africa, even though this pertinent to understanding bacterial evolution and ecology their role infection. We isolated whole-genome sequenced up five colonies faecal E. 66 asymptomatic aged three-to-five years rural Gambia (n = 88 isolates 21 positive stools). identified 56 genotypes, with an ave...

Coastal wetlands worldwide are experiencing high rates of loss and degradation that may lead to a reduction in diversity faunal populations. Since salt marsh habitats subject multitude stressors, evaluations the genetic diversity, connectivity, potential resilience communities within relevant. This study characterizes mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for three common residents marshes along northern G...

Five species of migratory thrushes (Turdidae) occupy a transcontinental distribution across northern North America. They have largely overlapping breeding ranges, relatively similar ecological niches, and mutualistic relationships with northern woodland communities as insectivores and seed-dispersing frugivores. As an assemblage of ecologically similar species, and given other vertebrate studie...

The Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) is a medium-sized semiaquatic carnivore with a broad distribution in the Neotropical region. Despite being apparently common in many areas, it is one of the least known otters, and genetic studies on this species are scarce. Here, we have investigated its genetic diversity, population structure, and demographic history across a large portion of its geo...

Phylogeographical studies of Nearctic songbirds conducted to date have yielded unexpectedly low levels of genetic differentiation and weak phylogeographical structure in mitochondrial DNA lineages as compared with species studied in Neotropical areas. Factors leading to this pattern may include (i) gene flow, (ii) population expansions from bottlenecked populations, and (iii) selective sweeps. ...

OBJECTIVES In 2013, Clermont classified E. coli strains into eight phylogenetic groups using a new quadruplex PCR method. The aims of this study were to identify the phylogenetic groups of E. coli based on this method and to assess their antibiotic resistance patterns in Bushehr, Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 140 E. coli isolates were subjected to phylogenetic typing by a quadr...