Instituto Sinchi

Newly Isolated Kluyveromyces marxianus Strain Capable of Producing Oleic Acid-Rich Oil for Human Consumption from Whey

Cheese whey is a widely available agri-food byproduct whose high organic load presents significant challenges for the dairy industry and environmental management. Its biovalorization into high-value, sustainable functional lipids is increasingly important given the environmental...

The first annotated checklist of the bees of Colombia reveals an overlooked diversity and areas with major data deficiencies

Background Most existing knowledge about bee biodiversity comes from temperate regions, where diversity is presumed highest—yet substantial data gaps across the tropics confound this pattern. Checklists are critical for documenting species presence, identifying knowledge gaps, an...

Amazon Forgotten Fishes. How the remarkable diversity of freshwater fishes is critical to people, rivers and forest

Across the vast sweep of the Amazon Basin, thousands of rivers, streams and floodplain lakes flow in an immense, interconnected waterscape— home to an unparalleled diversity of freshwater fishes. More than 2,700 species have so far been recorded, with dozens more added each year...