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Harmful Algae 2022 Aug 2;117:102285. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

UMR 7245 Molécules de Communication et Adaptations des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, 75005, France. Electronic address:

Cyanobacterial blooms can modify the dynamic of aquatic ecosystems and have harmful consequences for human activities. Moreover, cyanobacteria can produce a variety of cyanotoxins, including microcystins, but little is known about the role of environmental factors on the prevalence of microcystin producers in the cyanobacterial bloom dynamics. This study aimed to better understand the success of Planktothrix in various environments by unveiling the variety of strategies governing cell responses to sudden changes in light intensity and temperature. Read More

Phys Med Biol 2022 Aug 9. Epub 2022 Aug 9.

Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 6363 Forest Park Rd. BL10.202G, MC9315, Dallas, Texas, 75390-9315, UNITED STATES.

\textbf{Objective:} Oxygen plays an important role in affecting the cellular radio-sensitivity to ionizing radiation. The objective of this study is to build a mechanistic model to compute oxygen enhancement ratio (OER) using a GPU-based Monte Carlo (MC) simulation package gMicroMC for microscopic radiation transport simulation and DNA damage calculation. \textbf{Approach:} We first simulated the water radiolysis process in the presence of DNA and oxygen for $1~\mathrm{ns}$ and recorded the produced DNA damages. Read More

Nanotechnology 2022 Aug 9. Epub 2022 Aug 9.

Baylor University, One Bear Place #97356, Waco, Texas, 76798-7151, UNITED STATES.

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a nanoscale, transistorless device technology. A single molecule may provide an elementary QCA device known as a cell. Molecular redox centers function as quantum dots, and the configuration of mobile charge on the dots encodes device states useful for classical computing. Read More

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2022 Jul 3;281:121584. Epub 2022 Jul 3.

Biological Sciences Department, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa31982, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Helwan, Cairo 11795, Egypt. Electronic address:

There is a need for simple spectrofluorimetric method for detection of glycogen molecule based on binding to nanogold. Here we propose such a quantification method for glycogen using cyanobacteria as a biological model. Biologically, two strains of cyanobacteria were selected based on their previously tested nanogold biosynthetic abilities. Read More

J Plant Physiol 2022 Aug 1;276:153788. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab., Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Dept. Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território (DRAT), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Quinta do Marquês, Av. da República, 2784-505 Oeiras, and Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal; Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro 1, 1959-007, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address:

As drought threatens crop productivity it is crucial to characterize the defense mechanisms against water deficit and unveil their interaction with the expected rise in the air [CO]. For that, plants of Coffea canephora cv. Conilon Clone 153 (CL153) and C. Read More