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Submissions from 2024
Contribution of Hfq to gene regulation and virulence in Histophilus somni, Dianjun Cao, Bindu Subhadra, Yue-Jia Lee, Merrilee Thoresen, Santiago Cornejo, Alicia Oliver, Amelia Woolums, and Thomas J. Inzana
Relationship between capsule production and biofilm formation by Mannheimia haemolytica, and establishment of a poly-species biofilm with other Pasteurellaceae, Yue-Jia Lee, Dianjun Cao, Bindu Subhadra, Cristina De Castro, Immacolata Speciale, and Thomas J. Inzana
Submissions from 2023
Biofilms and Their Role on Diseases, Vijay Singh Gondil and Bindu Subhadra
Diversity of Antimicrobial Peptides in Silkworm, Pooja Makwana, Kamidi Rahul, Katsuhiko Ito, and Bindu Subhadra
Identification and Initial Characterization of Hfq-associated sRNAs in Histophilus somni Strain 2336, Bindu Subhadra, Dianjun Cao, Roderick Jensen, Clayton Caswell, and Thomas J. Inzana
Submissions from 2022
Movement and Home Range of the Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi) in the Upper Emory River of Tennessee, USA, Kyler B. Hecke and J. Brian Alford
DNA Ligase IV Mutations Confer Shorter Lifespan and Increased Sensitivity to Nutrient Stress in Drosophila melanogaster, Rashmi Joshi, Surya Jyoti Banerjee, Jennifer Curtiss, and Amanda K. Ashley
Special Issue: Biofilm Composition and Applications, Bindu Subhadra
Submissions from 2021
iPLA2-VIA is Required for Healthy Aging of Neurons, Muscle, and the Female Germline in Drosophila melanogaster, Surya Jyoti Banerjee, Adina Schonbrun, Sogol Eizadshenass, Shimshon Benji, Yaakov Tzvi Cantor, Liam Eliach, Matthew Lubin, Zev Narrowe, Jeremy Purow, Benjamin Shulman, Leib Wiener, and Josefa Steinhauer
The Drosophila melanogaster Neprilysin Nepl15 is Involved in Lipid and Carbohydrate Storage, Surya Jyoti Banerjee, Christine Woods, Micheal Burnett, Scarlet J. Park, William W. Ja, and Jennifer Curtiss
Wildfire Affects Expression of Male Sexual Plumage Through Suppressed Testosterone Circulation in a Tropical Songbird, Jordan Boersma, Douglas G. Barron, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Michael S. Webster, and Hubert Schwabl
Reduced Toxicity of Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) May Result from Lowered Sodium β Toxin Gene Expression and Toxin Protein Production, Aimee Bowman, Chloe Fitzgerald, Jeff F. Pummill, Douglas D. Rhoads, and Tsunemi Yamashita
A Primer for Transitioning to Online Science Labs: “Identifying Potential Types of Guidance for Supporting Student Inquiry when Using Virtual and Remote Labs in Science”, Suparna Chatterjee
Spatiotemporal Assessment of Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi Page and Near, 2007) Distribution in the Upper Tennessee River Basin, Kyler B. Hecke and J. Brian Alford
The Role of uspE in Virulence and Biofilm Formation by Histophilus somni, Yu Pan, Bindu Subhadra, Indra Sandal, Allan Dickerman, and Thomas J. Inzana
Sea-Level Rise and the Persistence of Tree Islands in Coastal Landscapes, Michael S. Ross, Susana L. Stoffella, Rosario Vidales, John F. Meeder, David C. Kadko, Leonard J. Scinto, Suresh C. Subedi, and Jed R. Redwine
Trillium govanianum (Himalayan Trillium): Production, Distribution, Use and Conservation in Nepal, Santosh Thapa, Ripu Mardhan Kunwar, Binaya Adhikari, Hem Raj Paudel, and Suresh C. Subedi
Submissions from 2020
Using drosophila melanogaster to discover human disease genes: An educational primer for use with "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis modifiers in drosophila reveal the phospholipase d pathway as a potential therapeutic target", Surya Jyoti Banerjee, Shimshon Benji, Sarah Liberow, and Josefa Steinhauer
Environmental and Fish Assemblage Contrasts in Blackwater and Clearwater Streams, Susan A. R. Colvin, B. S. Helms, D. R. DeVries, and J. W. Feminella
Occupancy and Status of the Strawberry Darter in the Strawberry River Drainage of Arkansas, USA, Kyler B. Hecke and Steve E. Lochmann
Gymnosperm Species Richness Patterns Along the Elevational Gradient and its Comparison with Other Plant Taxonomic Groups in the Himalayas, Suresh C. Subedi, Khem Raj Bhattarai, Timothy M. Perez, and Jay P. Sah
Using Carbon Isotope Ratios to Verify Predictions of a Model Simulating the Interaction Between Coastal Plant Communities and Their Effect on Ground Water Salinity, Suresh C. Subedi, Leonel Sternberg, Donald L. DeAngelis, Michael S. Ross, and Danielle E. Ogurcak
The Osmotic Stress Response Operon betIBA is Under the Functional Regulation of BetI and the Quorum Sensing Regulator AnoR in Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Bindu Subhadra, Surya Surendran, Bo Ra Lim, Jong Sung Yim, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Hwa-Jung Kim, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Regulation of the AcrAB Efflux System by the Quorum-sensing Regulator AnoR in Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Bindu Subhadra, Surya Surendran, Bo Ra Lim, Jong Sung Yim, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Hwa-Jung Kim, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Effects of Exogenous N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactones on Biofilm Formation and Motility in Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Surya Surendran, Bindu Subhadra, Kyungho Woo, Ho Sung Park, Dong Ho Kim, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Submissions from 2019
Headwater Streams and Wetlands are Critical for Sustaining Fish, Fisheries, and Ecosystem Services, Susan A. R. Colvin, S. Mažeika P. Sullivan, Patrick D. Shirey, Randall W. Colvin, Kirk O. Winemiller, Robert M. Hughes, Kurt D. Fausch, Dana M. Infante, Julian D. Olden, Kevin R. Bestgen, Robert J. Danehy, and Lisa Eby
Inactivation of Mycobacteria by Radicals from Non-thermal Plasma Jet, Chaebok Lee, Bindu Subhadra, Hei-Gwon Choi, Hyun-Woo Suh, Han S. Uhm, and Hwa-Jung Kim
High-Density Linkage Maps and Loci for Berry Color and Flower Sex in Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia), Jennifer Lewter, Margaret L. Worthington, John R. Clark, Aruna V. Varanasi, Lacy Nelson, Christopher L. Owens, Patrick Conner, and Gunawati Gunawan
Evidence for trait-based community assembly patterns in hardwood hammock forests, Suresh C. Subedi, J. Aaron Hogan, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, and Christopher Baraloto
Trait-based community assembly pattern along a forest succession gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest, Suresh C. Subedi, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Jed Redwine, and Christopher Baraloto
RND Efflux Pump Systems in Acinetobacter, with Special Emphasis on theirRole in Quorum Sensing, Bindu Subhadra, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
The transcription factor NemR is an electrophile-sensing regulator important for the detoxification of reactive electrophiles in Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Bindu Subhadra, Surya Surendran, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Complete Genome Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Nosocomial Pathogen Acinetobacter nosocomialis Strain NCTC 8102, Bindu Subhadra, Surya Surendran, Bo Ra Lim, Jong-Sung Yim, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Kyudong Han, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Genome Analyses of a New Mycoplasma Species from the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus, Tsunemi Yamashita, Douglas D. Rhoads, and Jeff F. Pummill
Submissions from 2018
Length, Body Depth, and Gape Relationships and Inference on Piscivory among Common North American Centrarchids, Anthony Fernando, Kyler B. Hecke, and Michael A. Eggleton
Virulence Properties of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated From Children With Urinary Tract Infection in Korea, Dong Ho Kim, Bindu Subhadra, Hee Young Kang, Kyungho Woo, Jaeseok Kim, Yeo-Jin Son, Kyung Mok Sohn, Hwa-Jung Kim, Kyudong Han, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
A Genetically Encoded Biosensor for Monitoring Isoprene Production in Engineered Escherichia coli, Seong Keun Kim, Seo Hyun Kim, Bindu Subhadra, Seung-Gyun Woo, Eugene Rha, Seon-Won Kim, Haseong Kim, Dae-Hee Lee, and Seung-Goo Lee
Evolution of Enzymes with New Specificity by High-throughput Screening Using DmpR-based Genetic Circuits and Multiple Flow Cytometry Rounds, Kil Koang Kwon, Dae-Hee Lee, Su Jin Kim, Su-Lim Choi, Eugene Rha, Soo-Jin Yeom, Bindu Subhadra, Jinhyuk Lee, Ki Jin Jeong, and Seung-Goo Lee
New Applications of Radio Frequency Identification Stations for Monitoring Fish Passage through Headwater Road Crossings and Natural Reaches, Ian R. MacLeod and Charles J. Gagen
Complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolate UPEC 26-1, Bindu Subhadra, Dong Ho Kim, Jaeseok Kim, Kyungho Woo, Kyung Mok Sohn, Hwa-Jung Kim, Kyudong Han, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Control of Biofilm Formation in Healthcare: Recent Advances Exploiting Quorum-sensing Interference Strategies and Multidrug Efflux Pump Inhibitors, Bindu Subhadra, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Surya Surendran, and Chul Hee Choi
Local Repressor AcrR Regulates AcrAB Efflux Pump Required for Biofilm Formation and Virulence in Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Bindu Subhadra, Jaeseok Kim, Dong Ho Kim, Kyungho Woo, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Lee
Simulated Viral Infection in Early-life Alters Brain Morphology, Activity and Behavior in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata), Ahmet Kerim Uysal, Lynn B. Martin, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Douglas G. Barron, and Toru Shimizu
Submissions from 2017
Development and Characterization of Molecular Markers Associated with Female Plants in Muscadine Grape, Patrick Conner, Joann Conner, Paige Catotti, Jennifer Lewter, John R. Clark, and Luiz A. Biasi
Clinical Mycobacterium Abscessus Strain Inhibits Autophagy Flux and Promotes its Growth in Murine Macrophages, Seong-Woo Kim, Bindu Subhadra, Jake Whang, Yong Woo Back, Hyun Shik Bae, Hwa-Jung Kim, and Chul Hee Choi
Reduced Gene Flow in Two Common Headwater Fishes in the Ouachita Mountains: A Response to Stream Drying and In-steam Barriers, Kevin L. Schanke, Tsunemi Yamashita, and Charles J. Gagen
Autophagy in Mycobacterium Abscessus Infection, Bindu Subhadra and Chul Hee Choi
Simple Method for Markerless Gene Deletion in Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Bindu Subhadra, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones), Tsunemi Yamashita, Douglas Rhoads, and Jeff F. Pummill
Submissions from 2016
Common Denominators of Swainson's Warbler Breeding Habitat in Bottomland Hardwood Forest in the White River Watershed in Southeastern Arkansas, Garu R. Graves and Bruce L. Tedford
Testosterone Activates Sexual Dimorphism Including Male-Typical Carotenoid but not Melanin Plumage Pigmentation in a Female Bird, Willow R. Lindsay, Douglas G. Barron, Michael S. Webster, and Hubert Schwabl
Subtle Benefits of Cooperation to Breeding Males of the Red-backed Fairywren, Ahva L. Potticary, Jenélle L. Dowling, Douglas G. Barron, Daniel T. Baldassarre, and Michael S. Webster
Inferring Implications of Climate Change in South Florida Hardwood Hammocks Through Analysis of Metacommunity Structure, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, Adam A. Spitzig, and Suresh C. Subedi
Quorum Sensing in Acinetobacter: With Special Emphasis on Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilm Formation and Quorum Quenching, Bindu Subhadra, Man Hwan Oh, and Chul Hee Choi
Submissions from 2015
Behavioral Competence: How Host Behaviors Can Interact to Influence Parasite Transmission Risk, Douglas G. Barron, S. S. Gervasi, J. N. Pruitt, and L. B. Martin
Do Androgens Link Morphology and Behaviour to Produce Phenotype-specific Behavioural Strategies?, Douglas G. Barron, Michael S. Webster, and Hubert Schwabl
Phylogenetic Group Distributions, Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance Properties of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in South Korea, J. H. Lee, Bindu Subhadra, Y.-J. Son, D. H. Kim, H. S. Park, J. M. Kim, S. H. Koo, M. H. Oh, H.-J. Kim, and C. H. Choi
Distribution Pattern of Vascular Plant Species of Mountains in Nepal and Their Fate Against Global Warming, Suresh C. Subedi, Khem Raj Bhattarai, and Ram Prasad Chauudhary
Identification of the Regulators Binding to the Upstream Region of glxR of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Bindu Subhadra, Durga Ray, Jong Yun Han, Kwang-Hee Bae, and Jung-Kee Lee
Submissions from 2014
Biodiversity and Invasibility: Distribution Patterns of Invasive Plant Species in the Himalayas, Nepal, Khem Raj Bhattarai, Inger Elisabeth Måren, and Suresh C. Subedi
Endocrine Correlates of Mate Choice and Promiscuity in Females of a Socially Monogamous Avian Mating System with Alternative Male Reproductive Phenotypes, Hubert Schwabi, Willow R. Lindsay, Douglas G. Barron, and Michael S. Webster
Submissions from 2013
A Test of Radio-transmitter Effects on Parental Investment and Productivity in the Northern Cardinal, Douglas G. Barron, Patrick J. Weatherhead, and Jeffrey D. Brawn
Body Condition Influences Sexual Signal Expression Independent of Circulating Androgens in Male Red-backed Fairy-wrens, Douglas G. Barron, Michael S. Webster, and Hubert Schwabl
Elucidation of the Regulation of Ethanol Catabolic Genes and ptsG using a glxR and Adenylate Cyclase Gene (cyaB) Deletion Mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032, Bindu Subhadra and Jung-Kee Lee
Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography, Tsunemi Yamashita and Douglas D. Rhoads
Submissions from 2012
Effects of Military Activity on Breeding Birds, Douglas G. Barron, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Luke K. Butler, L. Michael Romero, and Patrick J. Weatherhead
Snake Behavior and Seasonal Variation in Nest Survival of Northern Cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis, Jinelle H. Sperry, Douglas G. Barron, and Patrick J. Weatherhead
Nutrient limitation in Two Everglades Tree Species Planted on Constructed Tree Islands, Suresh C. Subedi, Michael S. Ross, and Leonard J. Scinto
Submissions from 2010
Characterization of an Adenylate Cyclase Gene (cyaB) Deletion Mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032, Pu Hyeon Cha, Sun-Yung Park, Min-Woo Moon, Bindu Subhadra, Tae-Kwang Oh, Eungbin Kim, Jihyun F. Kim, and Jung-Kee Lee
Comparison of Gears for Sampling Littoral-Zone Fishes in Floodplain Lakes of the Lower White River, Arkansas, Michael A. Eggleton, John R. Jackson, and Benjamin J. Lubinski
Smallmouth Bass Summer Habitat Use, Movement, and Survival in Response to Low Flow in the Illinois Bayou, Arkansas, Andrew W. Hafs, Charles J. Gagen, and J. Keith Whalen
Functional Characterization of the glxR Deletion Mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032: Involvement of GlxR in Acetate Metabolism and Carbon Catabolite Repression, Sun Yang Park, Min Woo Moon, Bindu Subhadra, and Jung Kee Lee
Submissions from 2009
Adult and Juvenile Paddlefish in Floodplain Lakes Along the Lower White River, Arkansas, Sandra J. Clark-Kolaks, John R. Jackson, and Steve E. Lochmann
An in vivo Evaluation of Ultra-fine Grained Titanium Implants, Bindu Subhadra, Kunjalukkal Padmanabhan Sanosh, Karel Smetana, Avinash Balakrishnan, and Taek Nam Kim
Submissions from 2008
Teaching Evolution: Challenging Religious Preconceptions, Eric C. Lovely and Linda C. Kondrick
Relationships Between Floodplain Lake Fish Communities and Environmental Variables in a Large River-Floodplain Ecosystem, Benjamin J. Lubinski, John R. Jackson, and Michael A. Eggleton
Submissions from 2007
A Comparison of Shoreline Seines with Fyke Nets for Sampling Littoral Fish Communities in Floodplain Lakes, Sandra J. Clark, John R. Jackson, and Steve E. Lochmann
Molecular Identification of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Using PCR-RFLP, Jennifer A. Lewter and Allen L. Szalanski
Submissions from 2006
Genetic Variation Within and Between Strains of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Jennifer A. Lewter, Allen L. Szalanski, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Robert L. Meagher, Carrie B. Owens, and Randall G. Luttrell
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials and Flash Visual Evoked Potentials in Vietnamese Miniature Pot-bellied Pigs, George M. Strain, Bruce L. Tedford, and Marjorie S. Gill
Genetic Structure of Aedes vexans (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations from Central United States Based on Mitochondrial ND5 Sequences, Allen L. Szalanski, Carrie B. Owens, Jennifer A. Lewter, and Alberto B. Broce
Submissions from 2005
A Re-evaluation of U.S. State Fish-Stocking Recommendations for Small, Private, Warmwater Impoundments, Daniel C. Dauwalter and John R. Jackson
Quantification and Prediction of Stream Dryness in the Interior Highlands, Justin M. Homan, Nicholas M. Girondo, and Charles J. Gagen
The Life History of Phoxichilidium tubulariae (Pycnogonida: Phoxichilidiidae), Eric C. Lovely
Submissions from 2004
A Provisional Fish Index of Biotic Integrity for Assessing Ouachita Mountains streams in Arkansas, U.S.A, Daniel C. Dauwalter and John R. Jackson
Submissions from 2003
Responses of 'Resistant' Vertebrates to Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: The Importance of Niche Breadth and Range Boundaries, Robert K. Swihart, Thomas M. Gehring, Mary Beth Kolozsvary, and Thomas E. Nupp
Submissions from 2001
Assessing Competition Between Forest Rodents in a Fragmented Landscape of Midwestern USA, Thomas Nupp and Robert K. Swihart
Submissions from 2000
Landscape-Level Correlates of Small-Mammal Assemblages in Forest Fragments of Farmland, Thomas Nupp and Robert K. Swihart
Submissions from 1998
Ouachita Madtom (Noturus lachneri) Metapopulation Dynamics in Intermittent Ouachita Mountain Streams, Charles J. Gagen, Richard W. Standage, and Joseph N. Stoeckel
Two Instances of Kleptoparasitism in Passerines, Christopher J. Kellner and Robert J. Cooper
Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Lipid Peroxidation in Free Skin Grafts in Rats, Rose J. Lemarié, Giselle Hosgood, Jan VanSteenhouse, E. Clay Hodgin, Bruce L. Tedford, and George M. Strain
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Population Attributes of White-Footed Mice and Eastern Chipmunks, Thomas E. Nupp and Robert K. Swihart
Creatine kinase level changes following electromyography in the normal anaesthetized dog, George M. Strain, Sharon C. Kerwin, Bruce L. Tedford, and Ronald P. Johnson
Air- and bone-conduction brainstem auditory evoked potentials and flash visual evoked potentials in cats, George M. Strain, Bruce L. Tedford, Martha A. Littlefield-Chabaud, and Lisa T. Treviño
Submissions from 1996
Episodic Acidification of Small Streams in the Northeastern United States: Effects on Fish Populations, J. P. Baker, J. Van Sickle, Charles J. Gagen, D. R. Dewalle, W. E. Sharpe, R. F. Carline, B. P. Baldigo, P. S. Murdoch, D. W. Bath, W. A. Kretser, H. A. Simonin, and P. J. Wigington
Effect of Forest Patch Area on Population Attributes of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Fragmented Landscapes, Thomas Nupp and Robert K. Swihart
Submissions from 1995
Ototoxicity assessment of a gentamicin sulfate otic preparation in dogs, George M. Strain, S. R. Merchant, T. M. Neer, and Bruce L. Tedford
Geographical Analysis of Scorpion Populations on Habitat Islands, Tsunemi Yamashita and Gary A. Polis
Submissions from 1994
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Population Dynamics and Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi) Occurrence in Relation to Acidic Episodes in Streams, R. F. Carline, Charles J. Gagen, and W. E. Sharpe
Downstream Movement and Mortality of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Exposed to Acidic Episodes in Streams, Charles J. Gagen, W. E. Sharpe, and R. F. Carline