Microscale spatial analysis provides evidence for adhesive monopolization of dietary nutrients by specific intestinal bacteria.

Each species of intestinal bacteria requires a nutritional source to maintain its population in the intestine.Dietary factors are considered to be major nutrients; however, evidence directly explaining the in situ utilization of dietary factors is limited.Microscale bacterial distribution would provide clues to understand bacterial lifestyle and nu

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The Effect of Sampling Bias on Evaluating the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Iranian Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)

Although spiders constitute a highly diversified group of animals, the skull bride and groom knowledge regarding their geographic distribution (i.e., the so-called Wallacean shortfall) and diversity patterns is incipient on a global scale; while attempts to explore such patterns have been made for the highly diversified Neotropical fauna, several O

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