• 61. A pollen record from Lake Öagöl (south-Swedish Uplands): 1500 years of land-use history 

      Fredh, Erik Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08)
      Lake Öagöl (57° 12′ 34″; 14° 48′ 03″) is situated in the central part of the province of Småland, southern Sweden, a region characterised by mixed woodlands and small-scale agriculture. The investigated lake has a circular ...
    • A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: insights from a vertebrate concentration Lagerstätte in Mauritius 

      Rijsdijk, Kenneth F.; Hume, Julian P.; de Louw, Perry G.B.; Meijer, Hanneke; Janoo, Anwar; de Boer, Erik J.; Steel, Lorna; de Vos, John; van der Sluis, L.G.; Hooghiemstra, Henry; Florens, F.B. Vincent; Baider, Cláudia; Vernimmen, Tamara J.J.; Baas, Pieter; van Heteren, Anneke H.; Rupear, Vikash; Beebeejaun, Gorah; Grihault, Alan; van der Plicht, Johannes; Besselink, Marijke; Lubeek, Juliën K.; Jansen, Max N.; Kluiving, Sjoerd J.; Hollund, Hege Ingjerd; Shapiro, Beth; Collins, Matthew; Buckley, Mike; Jayasena, Ranjith M.; Porch, Nicolas; Floore, Rene; Bunnik, Frans; Biedlingmaier, Andrew; Leavitt, Jennifer; Monfette, Gregory; Kimelblatt, Anna; Randall, Adrienne; Floore, Pieter; Claessens, Leon P.A.M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03)
      The dodo Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus, an extinct and flightless, giant pigeon endemic to Mauritius, has fascinated people since its discovery, yet has remained surprisingly poorly known. Until the mid-19th century, almost ...
    • Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis supports the valid separate species status of Lucilia caesar and L. illustris (Diptera: Calliphoridae) 

      Picard, Christine J.; Wells, JeffreyD.; Ullyot, Anne; Rognes, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12)
      Common DNA-based species determination methods fail to distinguish some blow flies in the forensically and medically important genus Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy. This is a practical problem, and it has also been interpreted ...
    • Catalogue of the Diptera (Insecta) of Morocco— an annotated checklist, with distributions and a bibliography 

      Kettani, Kawtar; Ebejer, Martin J.; Ackland, David M.; Bächli, Gerhard; Barraclough, David; Barták, Miroslav; Tolrá, Miguel Carles-; Černý, Milos; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Chandler, Peter; Dakki, Mohamed; Daugeron, Christophe; De Jong, Herman; Dils, Josef; Disney, Henry; Droz, Boris; Evenhuis, Neal; Gatt, Paul; Graciolli, Gustavo; Grichanov, Igor Y.; Haenni, Jean-Paul; Hauser, Martin; Himmi, Oumnia; Macgowan, Iain; Mathieu, Bruno; Mouna, Mohamed; Munari, Lorenzo; Nartshuk, Emilia P.; Negrobov, Oleg P.; Oosterbroek, Pjotr; Pape, Thomas; Pont, Adrian C.; Popov, Grigory V; Rognes, Knut; Skuhravá, Marcela; Skuhravý, Vaclav; Speight, Martin; Tomasovic, Guy; Trari, Bouchra; Tschorsnig, Hans-Peter; Vala, Jean-Claude; Tschirnhaus, Michael Von; Wagner, Rüdiger; Whitmore, Daniel; Woźnica, Andrzej J; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz; Zwick, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families ...
    • Changes in Plasma Pyruvate and TCA Cycle Metabolites upon Increased Hepatic Fatty Acid Oxidation and Ketogenesis in Male Wistar Rats 

      Dankel, Simon Nitter; Kalleklev, Tine-Lise; Tungland, siri Lunde; Stafsnes, Marit Hallvardsdotter; Bruheim, Per; Aloysius, Thomas Aquinas; Lindquist, Carine; SKORVE, JON; Nygård, Ottar Kjell; Madsen, Lise; Bjørndal, Bodil; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Berge, Rolf Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Altered hepatic mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation and associated tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle activity contributes to lifestyle-related diseases, and circulating biomarkers reflecting these changes could have disease ...
    • Evolutionary analysis of cellular reduction and anaerobicity in the hyper-prevalent gut microbe Blastocystis 

      Záhonová, Kristína; Low, Ross S.; Warren, Christopher J.; Cantoni, Diego; Herman, Emily K.; Yiangou, Lyto; Ribeiro, Cláudia A.; Phanprasert, Yasinee; Brown, Ian R.; Rueckert, Sonja; Baker, Nicola L.; Tachezy, Jan; Betts, Emma L.; Gentekaki, Eleni; van der Giezen, Mark; Clark, C. Graham; Jackson, Andrew P.; Dacks, Joel B.; Tsaousis, Anastasios D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Blastocystis is the most prevalent microbial eukaryote in the human and animal gut, yet its role as commensal or parasite is still under debate. Blastocystis has clearly undergone evolutionary adaptation to the gut environment ...
    • First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences 

      Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Stireman III, John O; Pape, Thomas; O'Hara, James E.; Marinho, Marco A. T.; Rognes, Knut; Grimaldi, David A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)
      Calyptrate flies include about 22,000 extant species currently classified into Hippoboscoidea (tsetse, louse, and bat flies), the muscoid grade (house flies and relatives) and the Oestroidea (blow flies, bot flies, flesh ...
    • Heterogeneous nutrient supply modulates root exudation and accumulation of medicinally valuable compounds in Artemisia annua and Hypericum perforatum 

      Paponov, Martina; Flåte, Juanita; Ziegler, Jörg; Lillo, Cathrine; Paponov, Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Plants have evolved complex mechanisms to adapt to nutrient-deficient environments, including stimulating lateral root proliferation into local soil patches with high nutrient content in response to heterogeneous nutrient ...
    • Pinpointing regulatory protein phosphatase 2A subunits involved in beneficial symbiosis between plants and microbes 

      Averkina, Irina Orestovna; Harris, Muhammad; Asare, Edward Ohene; Hourdin, Bérénice; Paponov, Ivan; Lillo, Cathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)
      Background PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A (PP2A) expression is crucial for the symbiotic association between plants and various microbes, and knowledge on these symbiotic processes is important for sustainable agriculture. Here ...
    • Specific PP2A Catalytic Subunits Are a Prerequisite for Positive Growth Effects in Arabidopsis Co-Cultivated with Azospirillum brasilense and Pseudomonas simiae 

      Averkina, Irina Orestovna; Paponov, Ivan; Lillo, Cathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)
      Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) stimulate plant growth, but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. In this study, we asked whether PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A (PP2A), a regulatory molecular component of ...
    • Study of the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) bile content - An indicator of ocean health 

      Pampanin, Daniela Maria; Arnli, William Bossum; Magnuson, Jason Tyler; Monticelli, Giovanna; Dam, Maria; Mikalsen, Svein-Ole; Sydnes, Magne Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Globicephala melas has been harvested in the Faroe Islands for centuries. Given the distances travelled by this species, tissue/body fluid samples represent unique matrices to be considered as an integration of environmental ...
    • The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species 

      Gisondi, Silva; Rognes, Knut; Badano, Davide; Pape, Thomas; Cerretti, Pierfilippo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09)
      A key to the world genera and a checklist of the world species for the family Polleniidae, including distributions, are provided. The following taxonomic and nomenclatural changes are proposed: Nitellia hermoniella Lehrer, ...
    • Π-Π interactions stabilize PeptoMicelle-based formulations of Pretomanid derivatives leading to promising therapy against tuberculosis in zebrafish and mouse models 

      Dal, Nils-Jørgen; Schäfer, Gabriela; Thompson, Andrew; Schmitt, Sascha; Redinger, Natalja; Alonso Rodriguez, Noelia; Johann, Kerstin; Ojong, Jessica; Wohlmann, Jens; Best, Andreas; Koynov, Kaloian; Zentel, Rudolf; Schaible, Ulrich E.; Griffiths, Gareth Wyn; Barz, Matthias; Fenaroli, Federico (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Tuberculosis is the deadliest bacterial disease globally, threatening the lives of millions every year. New antibiotic therapies that can shorten the duration of treatment, improve cure rates, and impede the development ...