Steve Harakeh

Phytofabrication and biological assessment of selenium nanoparticles using Crataegus songarica extract

In this study, selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) were successfully synthesized using a green approach with Crataegus songarica K. Koch aqueous extract, which served as a natural reducing and stabilizing agent. The formation of SeNPs was confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy, which exhibi...

Integrating gut physicochemical gradients and mobile genetic element dynamics to decipher horizontal gene transfer in termite microbiomes

Abstract Mobile genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which may have contributed to the functional diversity of termite gut microbiomes, although the environmental determinants of these processes remain poorly understood. Our proposed model integrates spatially r...