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Enzymatic Strategies for Biocontrolling Phytopathogenic Fungi Using Trichoderma Koningiopsis LBM116 利用Koningiopsis LBM116生物防治植物病原真菌的酶促策略

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70122

Natalia Soledad Amerio, Marcela Paola Barengo, Gustavo Angel Bich, Pedro Dario Zapata, Laura Lidia Villalba, María Lorena Castrillo

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Enzymatic Strategies for Biocontrolling Phytopathogenic Fungi Using Trichoderma Koningiopsis LBM116 利用Koningiopsis LBM116生物防治植物病原真菌的酶促策略

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70122

Natalia Soledad Amerio, Marcela Paola Barengo, Gustavo Angel Bich, Pedro Dario Zapata, Laura Lidia Villalba, María Lorena Castrillo

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Evolutionary Convergence of Nutritional Symbionts in Ticks 蜱中营养共生体的进化趋同

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70120

Noor Fattar, Meriem Louni, Marie Buysse, Anna Maria Floriano, Joanne Bertaux, Anne Cantereau, Ana Rivero, Marjorie Bruley, Karen D. McCoy, Vincent Delafont, Nathalie Boulanger, Fabrice Vavre, Didier Bouchon, Olivier Duron

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Overwintering Does Not Affect Microbiota Diversity in Halyomorpha halys: Implications for Its Ecology and Management 越冬不影响Halyomorpha halys微生物群多样性：对其生态学和管理的启示

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70116

Riccardo Piccinno, Giulio Galla, Gerardo Roselli, Mirco Rodeghiero, Valerio Mazzoni, Lloyd Stringer, Heidi Christine Hauffe, Gianfranco Anfora, Omar Rota-Stabelli

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Bacterial Diversity and Succession in the Presence of Steel and Effects on Corrosion 钢存在下的细菌多样性和演替及其对腐蚀的影响

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70119

Liam Nolan, Théo Risser, Rainier Catubig, Abhirami Venugopal, Jess Glasson, Damien L. Callahan, Anthony Somers, M. Leigh Ackland, Agnes Michalczyk

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Bacterial Diversity and Succession in the Presence of Steel and Effects on Corrosion 钢存在下的细菌多样性和演替及其对腐蚀的影响

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70119

Liam Nolan, Théo Risser, Rainier Catubig, Abhirami Venugopal, Jess Glasson, Damien L. Callahan, Anthony Somers, M. Leigh Ackland, Agnes Michalczyk

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A Novel Pathosystem With the Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana for Defining the Molecular Basis of Taphrina Infections 以拟南芥为模式植物的一种新的病理系统，确定了稻瘟病毒感染的分子基础

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70118

Agate Auzane, Margaretta Christita, Kai Wang, Timo Sipilä, Sitaram Rajaraman, Gugan Eswaran, Jasmin Kemppinen, Alejandro De La Fuente, Klaas Bouwmeester, Petri Auvinen, Lars Paulin, Jarkko Salojärvi, Maija Sierla, Mikael Broché, Kirk Overmyer

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Evolutionary Convergence of Nutritional Symbionts in Ticks 蜱中营养共生体的进化趋同

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70120

Noor Fattar, Meriem Louni, Marie Buysse, Anna Maria Floriano, Joanne Bertaux, Anne Cantereau, Ana Rivero, Marjorie Bruley, Karen D. McCoy, Vincent Delafont, Nathalie Boulanger, Fabrice Vavre, Didier Bouchon, Olivier Duron

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A Novel Pathosystem With the Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana for Defining the Molecular Basis of Taphrina Infections 以拟南芥为模式植物的一种新的病理系统，确定了稻瘟病毒感染的分子基础

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70118

Agate Auzane, Margaretta Christita, Kai Wang, Timo Sipilä, Sitaram Rajaraman, Gugan Eswaran, Jasmin Kemppinen, Alejandro De La Fuente, Klaas Bouwmeester, Petri Auvinen, Lars Paulin, Jarkko Salojärvi, Maija Sierla, Mikael Broché, Kirk Overmyer

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Overwintering Does Not Affect Microbiota Diversity in Halyomorpha halys: Implications for Its Ecology and Management 越冬不影响Halyomorpha halys微生物群多样性：对其生态学和管理的启示

IF 3.6 4区生物学

Environmental Microbiology Reports Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70116

Riccardo Piccinno, Giulio Galla, Gerardo Roselli, Mirco Rodeghiero, Valerio Mazzoni, Lloyd Stringer, Heidi Christine Hauffe, Gianfranco Anfora, Omar Rota-Stabelli

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