Through genome mining, a Bayer-Villiger monooxygenase is identified from a Chloroflexota bacterium with the highest known melting temperature (62.5 °C) and a broad substrate scope that includes linear aliphatic, aromatic, and sterically bulky ketones.
Study of frogs of genus Micryletta adds a new species to the genus Micryletta, and confirms that species diversity within the genus Micryletta is underestimated.
Two new genera of cyanobacteria: Pseudoleptolyngbya gen. nov. and Leptolyngbyopsis gen. nov, are described, and Arthronema is placed in synonymy with Leptolyngbya.
A new species of fungus Trichoderma isolated from Azadirachta indica rhizosphere soils in Zhaoqing City, China, based on the morphology and combined multigene phylogeny.
Study of plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities shows plant assembly is predominantly influenced by deterministic mechanisms, while fungal community assembly was determined by stochastic processes govern them.
Two new species of stone loach of the genus Paranemachilus. Paranemachilus luegvetensis sp. nov. and Paranemachilus liui sp. nov. are described in Guanxi, China.
Three new parasitic wasps species of genus Neolirata Torréns & Heraty from Brazil, Neolirata kallaina n. sp., Neolirata longiflabellata n. sp. and, Neolirata striata n. sp.
