Generally, either Porifera, Ctenophora, or Placozoa (Littlewood et al ... and create the first Linnaean taxonomy for this animal phylum, as well as describe a new species. Following our previous ...

Snails are marvelous but unassuming little creatures. As shelled members of the taxonomic class Gastropods within the phylum Mollusca, snails are found on both land and in the sea. Typically ...

Detecting danger is key to the survival and success of all species. Animal nervous and immune systems cooperate to optimize danger detection. Preceding studies have highlighted the benefits of ...

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Correspondence to Dr Ailsa Hart, IBD Unit, St Mark's Hospital and Imperial College London, Watford Road, London HA13UJ, UK; ailsa.hart{at}nhs.net Over the last 10–15 years, our understanding of the ...

S, Duodenum; K, Jejunum; H, Ileum; M, Cecum; J, Colon. Table 2. The relative abundance of bacterial community at the phylum level across different intestinal segments. Figure 4. LEfSe histogram of ...

The predominant phylum in each cohort was Firmicutes with abundances of 76.7%, 73.8% and 77.4% in Cohorts 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Information on the composition of the gut microbiome for all three ...