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Amazonian earthworm biodiversity is heavily impacted by ancient and recent huma...
Conrado, Ana C; Demetrio, Wilian C; Stanton, David W G; Bartz, Marie L. C.; James, Samuel W; Santos, Alessandra; da Silva, Elodie; Ferreira, TalitaDespite the importance of earthworms for soil formation, more is needed to know about how Pre-Columbian modifications to soils and the landscape. Gaining a deeper understanding is essential for comprehending the historical drivers of earthworm communities and the development of effective conservation strategies in the Amazon rainforest. Human disturbance can significantly impact earthworm diversity, especially ...
Identifying knowledge gaps in understanding the effects of selective serotonin ...
Ferreira, Carla S. S.; Soares, Sandra C.; Kille, Peter; Oliveira, MiguelSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of antidepressants increasingly prescribed to treat patients with clinical depression. As a result of the significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population's mental health, its consumption is expected to increase even more. The high consumption of these substances leads to their environmental dissemination, with evidence of their a...
Pesticides in a case study on no-tillage farming systems and surrounding forest...
da Silva, Karlo Alves; Nicola, Vitoria Beltrame; Dudas, Rafaela Tavares; Demetrio, Wilian Carlo; Maia, Lilianne Dos Santos; Cunha, LuísWith the growing global concern on pesticide management, the relationship between its environmental recalcitrance, food security and human health has never been more relevant. Pesticides residues are known to cause significant environmental contamination. Here, we present a case study on long-term no-tillage farming systems in Brazil, where Glyphosate (GLY) has been applied for more than 35 years. GLY and its m...
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of nickel in woodlice
Ferreira, Nuno G. C.; Morgado, Rui G.; Cunha, Luís; Novo, Marta; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Morgan, Andrew J.; Loureiro, Susana; Kille, PeterDuring the last few years, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of nickel (Ni) being released into the environment, primarily due to its use in the production of stainless steel but also from other sources such as batteries manufacturing and consequent disposal. The established biotic ligand models provide precise estimates for Ni bioavailability, in contrast, studies describing the mechanisms unde...
Cloning and sequencing of a full-length sea bream (Sparus aurata) beta-actin cDNA
Santos, Cecilia; Power, Deborah; Kille, Peter; Llewellyn, Lynda; Ramsurn, Vimi P.; Wigham, Trevor; Sweeney, Glen E.A full-length cDNA clone encoding beta-actin (b-actin) was isolated from a sea bream (Sparus aurata) liver cDNA library. Sequencing of this clone reveals an open reading frame encoding a 375 amino acid protein that shares a high degree of conservation to other known actins. The sea breamb-actin sequence showed 98% identity to carp and human b-actin and 95% and 94% identity to sea squirt and Dictyostelium cytopl...