Institution
Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre
Recent research
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Metacercariae of Ichthyocotylurus erraticus Rudolphi 1809 have historically shown high prevalence and infection intensities in Sevan whitefish Coregonus lavaretus Linnaeus 1758. However, recent data on parasite infection levels in this introduced fish species in Lake Sev...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Limited global awareness of invasive alien species and little support for their management
Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main drivers of global change and can cause a wide range of negative ecological and social impacts. Addressing these impacts requires management actions, which can fail to be effective when not supported by the public. Here, we conducte...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Glacier forefields provide model ecosystems for studying primary succession, where newly exposed substrates are colonized by microbes associated with lichens, biological soil crusts (BSCs), mosses, vascular plants, and bulk soil. Collectively, these sources form an inter...
- Biology
ABSTRACT Scolothrips longicornis is a specialized predator of the two‐spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae , and represents a promising agent for biological control programs. Despite its importance, the effects of group rearing on its life‐history traits and population growth...
- BiologyOpen access
We present a genome assembly of the diplonemid Diplonema japonicum YPF1604 (Discoba; Euglenozoa; Diplonemea; Diplonemidae). The genome sequence is 62.30 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 118 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The multipartite mitochondrial geno...
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Summary. The Iranian endemic species Lithobius demavendicus Matic, 1969 is rediscovered and redescribed based on newly collected specimens. Previously, the species was known only from an incomplete, most probably subadult male lacking the ultimate pair of legs, collected at high...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Summary. The Iranian endemic species Lithobius demavendicus Matic, 1969 is rediscovered and redescribed based on newly collected specimens. Previously, the species was known only from an incomplete, most probably subadult male lacking the ultimate pair of legs, collected at high...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Ticks rely on salivary immunomodulators to sustain prolonged blood feeding and transmit pathogens, yet the protein effectors that mediate these processes remain incompletely defined. Here, we characterize three divergent cysteine protease inhibitors—Amacstatins—from the Gulf Coas...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Haem as a maternal factor of ticks
Abstract Background Ticks are obligate blood-feeding parasites that lack de novo haem biosynthesis and must acquire haem from their hosts. Although host haem is essential for tick reproduction, the extent to which individual ticks rely on dietary haemoglobin-derived haem during i...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
ABSTRACT Nitrogen and phosphorus availability drive plant community composition, productivity, and ecosystem functioning. During succession, nutrient availability typically changes as organic matter accumulates in the soil, influencing both nitrogen and phosphorus pools. We asses...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Common pathways and outliers in glucose catabolism across Trypanosomatidae
Glucose catabolism in trypanosomatids differs significantly from that in most other eukaryotes. Here, the first few enzymes of the pathway are all located inside glycosomes, that is, the peroxisome‐like microbodies uniquely present in the Kinetoplastida and Diplonemida of the Eug...