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Effects of in vivo chlorobenzene exposure on bone tissue in a rat model. 体内氯苯暴露对大鼠骨组织的影响。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00256-4

Krisztián Sepp, Péter Hausinger, Béla Hegedűs, Péter Sándor Kiss, Edina Cseszkó, Miklós Mózes, Marianna Radács, Zsuzsanna Valkusz, Márta Gálfi, Zsolt Molnár

{"title":"Effects of in vivo chlorobenzene exposure on bone tissue in a rat model.","authors":"Krisztián Sepp, Péter Hausinger, Béla Hegedűs, Péter Sándor Kiss, Edina Cseszkó, Miklós Mózes, Marianna Radács, Zsuzsanna Valkusz, Márta Gálfi, Zsolt Molnár","doi":"10.1007/s42977-025-00256-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42977-025-00256-4","url":null,"abstract":"Calcipaenic bone disorders (e.g., osteoporosis) are becoming an epidemic as a significant public health concern. The underlying genetic, epigenetic, and homeostatic factors and the determinants of bone tissue expression are triggered by environmental exposures. Endocrine disruptor compounds are important in the development of pathological bone alterations. The aim of this study is to design an in vivo subtoxic chlorobenzene exposure model that can be used to explore certain bone changes and their consequences. Male Wistar rats were treated via gastric tube with a 1:1 mixture of hexachlorobenzene + 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene at a dose of 1.0 μg/kg bw; in a final volume of 1 mL, for 30, 60 and 90 days. Blood serum and bone samples were obtained from the femur diaphysis. The results of the treatments (n = 10/group) were interpreted as related to the controls. Serum levels of γGT, SGOT, SGPT were determined, along with bone tissue morphology, as well as the total mineral content of the bone and the mobilizable anorganic content. ANOVA was used to analyze the measurement data. As a result of the treatment protocol, histological examinations of bone morphology showed osteoid degeneration, as well as an altered state of the bone matrix. These findings are supported by the DEXA images, which showed a time-dependent decrease in surface mineral content, in parallel, an increase in the mobilizable anorganic content of the bone was detected. These results suggest that chlorobenzene administered may be a causal factor and changes in bone tissue structure can be traced.","PeriodicalId":8853,"journal":{"name":"Biologia futura","volume":" ","pages":"359-370"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Toad's survivability and soil microbiome alterations impacted via individual abundance. 蟾蜍的生存能力和土壤微生物组的变化受到个体丰度的影响。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00261-7

Tian Zhang, Yang Liu, Junde Li, Mingjun Yuan, Chunhan Qiao, Xiao Huang, Xueyao Yang, Bo Gao, Chuan Lou, Yan Yang, Yu Cao

{"title":"Toad's survivability and soil microbiome alterations impacted via individual abundance.","authors":"Tian Zhang, Yang Liu, Junde Li, Mingjun Yuan, Chunhan Qiao, Xiao Huang, Xueyao Yang, Bo Gao, Chuan Lou, Yan Yang, Yu Cao","doi":"10.1007/s42977-025-00261-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42977-025-00261-7","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial breeding is a valid strategy for the reverse of current extinction tendency in wild population of amphibian like toads. Considering public health, an alternative to antibiotics is demanded for ameliorating survival of toads during the culture period. Relying on the cognition of probiotics or antagonistic bacteria, the present work investigated viability and soil microorganism variations induced by distribution characteristic on toads using high-throughput sequencing technology. Comparison and analysis of soil metagenome from clustered and depopulated groups distinguished by toad behavior showed differences of bacterial community composition (e.g., Proteobacteria bacterium TMED72 and Nannocystis exedens) and antibiotic resistance genes involving antibiotic efflux and inactivation (e.g., mdtB and acrF). There were 18 and 10 distribution-typical genes independently enriched in Proteobacteria bacterium TMED72 and bacterium TMED88 of clustered group and Nannocystis exedens of depopulated group. In Nannocystis exedens, one of the distribution-typical genes was annotated as 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase acting role on bacterial growth restriction. It implied that, compared with the group emerging rare traces, the reduction of soil bacteria which possess genes retarding bacterial growth putatively impairs competitiveness to pathogenic bacteria and results in poor survivability of toads under clustering behavior. With the co-occurrence of virulence genes, more evidences are needed on the antagonistic bacteria Nannocystis exedens as antibiotic substitute.","PeriodicalId":8853,"journal":{"name":"Biologia futura","volume":" ","pages":"399-411"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144233051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Low genetic differentiation and symmetric migration between urban and forest populations of great tits. 山雀城市种群与森林种群的低遗传分化和对称迁移。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00259-1

Bendegúz Mihalik, Nóra Ágh, Ivett Pipoly, Edina Nemesházi, Krisztián Szabó, Gábor Seress, András Liker

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A BEE indicator for monitoring wild bee diversity in agricultural systems. 监测农业系统中野生蜜蜂多样性的蜜蜂指标。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00268-0

Marco d'Agostino, Emanuele Luigi Zenga, Manuela Giovanetti, Fortunato Fulvio Bitonto, Marta Galloni, Marino Quaranta, Laura Bortolotti

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Essential oils of Citrus limon, Cymbopogon citratus, and Lavandula officinalis disrupt E. coli biofilms by inducing cellular damage. 柠檬柑橘、香茅和薰衣草精油通过诱导细胞损伤来破坏大肠杆菌生物膜。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-15 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00255-5

Aalia Khanem, Naheed Karim, Ikram Ullah, Farhan Younas

{"title":"Essential oils of Citrus limon, Cymbopogon citratus, and Lavandula officinalis disrupt E. coli biofilms by inducing cellular damage.","authors":"Aalia Khanem, Naheed Karim, Ikram Ullah, Farhan Younas","doi":"10.1007/s42977-025-00255-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42977-025-00255-5","url":null,"abstract":"Biofilms by E. coli is not only the primary cause of recurrent urinary tract infections, but also lead to medical device-associated infections. Ever increasing antibiotic resistance due to biofilms has sparked a search for plant-based replacements. This study examines anti-biofilm potential of essential oils from lemon (Citrus limon), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), and lavender (Lavandula officinalis) against 26 clinical isolates of E. coli. Essential oils (EOs) were extracted by using hydro-distillation and characterized by GC-MS and FT-IR. Biofilms were quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated. The extracted essential oils had yields ranging from 1.37 to 1.45 (w/v). The main constituents were limonene (94%) in lemon, citral (42%) and ketones (9%) in lemongrass, and linalool (35%) and linalyl anthranilate (20%) in lavender EO. MICs and MBCs of EOs were in the range of 3.13-50 µg/ml. The oils under investigation exhibited notable biofilm inhibition and eradication properties. The percent inhibition and eradication varied between 6-89% and 3-82.25% (p < 0.0001), respectively. These findings suggest that essential oils from lemon, lemongrass, and lavender may offer a promising natural approach to combat E. coli biofilms and associated infections. Further research is warranted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of action and to explore their clinical applications.","PeriodicalId":8853,"journal":{"name":"Biologia futura","volume":" ","pages":"343-358"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143969653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Soil bacterial community could be affected by Amaranthus retroflexus L. 苋菜对土壤细菌群落的影响。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00254-6

Yue Li, Chuang Li, Zhongyi Xu, Yingsheng Liu, Shanshan Zhong, Zhelun Xu, Jun Liu, Congyan Wang, Daolin Du

{"title":"Soil bacterial community could be affected by Amaranthus retroflexus L.","authors":"Yue Li, Chuang Li, Zhongyi Xu, Yingsheng Liu, Shanshan Zhong, Zhelun Xu, Jun Liu, Congyan Wang, Daolin Du","doi":"10.1007/s42977-025-00254-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42977-025-00254-6","url":null,"abstract":"Invasive plants can disrupt the growth performance of native plants by releasing allelochemicals affecting on litter decomposition. Furthermore, these invaders can establish a plant-soil feedback loop with soil microorganisms, which promotes their continued successful invasion primarily through decomposition process. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance to conduct research that analyzes the impacts of invasive plants' allelopathy on their interaction with soil microorganisms. This study aims to investigate the effects of Amaranthus retroflexus L., an invasive Amaranthaceae plant's allelopathy, on its interaction with soil bacterial communities, compared to the native plant A. tricolor L., and also the impacts of the allelopathy of Amaranthus retroflexus on soil enzyme activities. The research was conducted via an indoor planting experiment in which a gradient of Amaranthus retroflexus leaf litter was added. In particular, Amaranthus retroflexus leaf litter resulted in an increase in pH, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, and neutral protease activity in soil under certain treatments. The amount of Amaranthus retroflexus leaf litter and the form of incubation condition may be the primary determinants of the composition of bacterial communities in soil and the number of functional gene pathways of soil bacteria involved in the decomposition process (especially the decomposition of carbon-containing substances), rather than the alpha diversity of soil bacteria. Consequently, Amaranthus retroflexus may predominantly modify the composition of bacterial communities in soil and the number of functional gene pathways of soil bacteria involved in the decomposition process, rather than the alpha diversity of soil bacteria, to facilitate its subsequent invasion.","PeriodicalId":8853,"journal":{"name":"Biologia futura","volume":" ","pages":"329-341"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143965184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reasons to avoid using weasel words in ethology: establishing a more technical terminology may facilitate synthesis in the behavioural sciences. 避免在行为学中使用模棱两可的词的原因：建立一个更专业的术语可能有助于行为科学的综合。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00272-4

Roszik Sára, Miklósi Ádám

{"title":"Reasons to avoid using weasel words in ethology: establishing a more technical terminology may facilitate synthesis in the behavioural sciences.","authors":"Roszik Sára, Miklósi Ádám","doi":"10.1007/s42977-025-00272-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42977-025-00272-4","url":null,"abstract":"The term 'weasel word' is used for vague, ambiguous, or misleading language when the speaker creates an impression of meaning or certainty without committing to specific facts. In academic writings, clear presentation of the declarant's thoughts is inevitable for the transmission and/or sharing of knowledge with high fidelity; hence, weasel words and phrases should be avoided. So far, the topic has received little attention in the behavioural sciences, including ethology, although research in fields focusing on behaviour and the mind provide fertile ground where such rhetorical strategies may go unnoticed. By presenting examples of weasel words used in ethology, we aim to demonstrate how they can lead to misunderstandings among scientists, as well as to prolonged and unproductive debates. We argue that the use of weasel words may stem equally from ingrained bad habits, knowledge gaps, anthropomorphism and inconsistent jargon. Instead of referring to mental states, the description of the behaviours should be in focus from a functional point of view. This allows more precise behaviour measurement and greater agreement in the use of terminology. Adopting a more descriptive and precise terminology may facilitate interdisciplinary discussions and lay the groundwork for novel approaches, such as synthetic or computational ethology.","PeriodicalId":8853,"journal":{"name":"Biologia futura","volume":" ","pages":"181-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144582960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do dogs understand?-Contrasting anecdotal reports, neuroimaging, and behavioural evidence on language comprehension. 狗明白吗？-对比关于语言理解的轶事报告、神经成像和行为证据。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00275-1

D J Ujfalussy

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Celebrating Professor Vilmos Csányi-Pioneer of Hungarian Ethology. 庆祝Vilmos教授Csányi-Pioneer匈牙利动物行为学。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00278-y

Enikő Kubinyi, Ádám Miklósi

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A functionalist approach to social status in social animals, humans and the dog-human community. The prestige-based social system hypothesis. 对社会性动物、人类和狗-人社区的社会地位的功能主义研究。基于声望的社会制度假说。

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Biologia futura Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1007/s42977-025-00279-x

Henrietta Bolló, Anna Kis, József Topál

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