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Aquatic invertebrate communities in tank bromeliads: how well do classic ecological patterns apply? by Jocque, Merlijn, Field, Richard

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Effect of sample storage conditions on the molecular assessment of MIC by Machuca Suarez, Laura, Salgar-Chaparro, S.

“…In this study, the effect of sample storage conditions on the microbial composition, community structure, alpha diversity and functional capability of oilfield samples was investigated. …”
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Floristic links between West Coast and South Coast (South Africa) – Is the Breede River Valley a migration route? by Mucina, Ladislav, Zietsman, J., Dreyer, L.L.

“…The identification of nodes of high alpha diversity and endemism throughout the study area may aid in the recognition of botanically important areas that need to be prioritized for conservation. …”
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Do tropical rain forest soils have greater nematode diversity than high arctic tundra? a metagenetic comparison of Malaysia and Svalbard by Kerfahi, Dorsaf, Tripathi, Binu M., Porazinska, Dorota L., Park, Jungok, Go, Rusea, Adams, Jonathan M.

“…Main conclusions There was, surprisingly, no difference in the alpha diversity of nematodes between Malaysia and Svalbard. …”
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Alteration of the gut microbiome in normal and overweight school children from Selangor with Lactobacillus fermented milk administration by Joseph, Narcisse, Clayton, Jonathan B., Hoops, Susan L., Linhardt, Carter A., Mohd Hashim, Amalia, Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak, Kumar, Suresh, Amin Nordin, Syafinaz

“…However, a higher intervention effect on alpha diversity was observed among normal-weight participants compared to obese. …”
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Biodiversity integrity index: An illustration using ants in Western Australia by Majer, Jonathan, Beeston, G.

“…Road construction has the greatest long-term effect on the alpha diversity of ants, followed by agricultural clearing, mining, urbanization, and rangeland grazing. …”
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Characterisation of gut microbiota in Malaysian cancer patients using V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene sequencing by Sidi Omar, Siti Farah Norasyikeen, Ai, Yvonne Lian Lim, Ab Rahman, Syaza Zafirah, Muslim, Azdayanti, Ayub, Qasim, Amin-Nordin, Syafinaz, Joseph, Vesudian Narcisse Mary Sither, Musa, Sabri, Jinam, Timothy, Ngui, Romano

“…Our findings revealed significant differences in the alpha diversity (p ≤ 0.05) between cancer patients and controls. …”
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Local and landscape scale patterns of macroinvertebrate diversity across ponds in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Gebreselassie, Selam Solomon

“…Ponds in GKL exhibited considerable variation in taxonomic and functional alpha diversity, mainly explained by variations in pond characteristics, namely aquatic vegetation cover and suspended solids concentration. …”
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Diversity of macromoths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) in Perlis State Park, Kedawi Region, Malaysia : new distributional record of noctuid by Muhamad Ikhwan Idris, Inda Mastura Ruslan, Christharina S. Gintoron, Raziman Imam Ghazali

“…The macromoths diversity was considerably high with Fisher’s alpha diversity index of α= 134.5 and Shannon’s diversity index, H’ = 4.777. …”
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Diversity and abundance of beetle at Kuala Kelapor, National Park, Malaysia by M. Musthafa, Muneeb, Davindran Rajandram, Fauziah Abdullah

“…The Shannon diversity index, Simpson diversity index and Fisher alpha diversity showed higher diversity values, which suggests that National Park accommodates a high diversity of beetles. …”
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Relationship between Economic Value and Species diversity of Timber Resources in a Hill Forest in Peninsular Malaysia by Abd. Ghani, Awang Noor, Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum, Tuan Ibrahim, Tuan Marina

“…The species diversity indices obtained were high: Fisher’s alpha diversity index ranged from 96.53 to 109.56, Shannon-Weiner index were 5.29 to 5.39, while values of Simpson Index ranged from 134.02 to 151.11. …”
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Metadata analysis for gut microbiota between indoor and street cats of Malaysia by Tay, Darren Dean, Siew, Shing Wei, Mohd Najib, Razali, Hajar Fauzan, Ahmad

“…Here, we found that indoor and street cats have similar alpha diversity (p > 0.05), with slight differences between the groups based on the bacterial composition. …”
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Gut microbiota profiling of aflatoxin B1-induced rats treated with Lactobacillus casei Shirota by Liew, Winnie Pui Pui, Sabran, Mohd Redzwan, Than, Leslie Thian Lung

“…Using the MiSeq platform, the PCR products of 16S rDNA gene extracted from the feces were subjected to next-generation sequencing. The alpha diversity index (Shannon) showed that the richness of communities increased significantly in the Lcs + AFB1 group compared to the control and AFB1 groups. …”
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Contrasting patterns of turnover between plants, pollinators and their interactions by Norfolk, Olivia, Eichhorn, Markus P., Gilbert, Francis S.

“…Methods: We compared alpha diversity of plants, pollinators and interactions in agricultural gardens and plots of unmanaged habitat in two altitudinal categories, high and low mountains, with high and low habitat quality in the matrix respectively. …”
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Contrasting patterns of turnover between plants, pollinators and their interactions by Norfolk, Olivia, Eichhorn, Markus P., Gilbert, Francis

“…Methods: We compared alpha diversity of plants, pollinators and interactions in agricultural gardens and plots of unmanaged habitat in two altitudinal categories, high and low mountains, with high and low habitat quality in the matrix respectively. …”
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Water quality and microbial community assessment in artisanal mining- affected sediments of Cikidang River, Banten, Java, Indonesia by Takarina, Noverita Dian, Sukma, Ayu Maulida, Adiwibowo, Andrio, Sitaresmi

“…Assessed water quality parameters in the river were water current, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, redox potential, salinity, temperature and turbidity. Microbial alpha diversity used were Shannon diversity index, ChaoI index and Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs). …”
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Physicochemical impacts on bacterial communities in Putrajaya Lake, Malaysia by Mat Lazim, Nurul Najwa Farihah, Mohamed, Afiqah, Zana Rudin, Zana Ruhaizat, Md Yusoff, Fatimah, Ikhsan, Natrah, Zulkifly, Shahrizim

“…However, no significant differences were found between the wet and dry periods. Alpha diversity analyses revealed the highest index in May 2018 in the constructed wetlands (H’= 5.397) than those from water input or primary lake (p<0.05). …”
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Harnessing next-generation sequencing to monitor unculturable pathogenic bacteria in the indoor hospital building by Nor Husna, Mat Hussin, Tay, Darren Dean, Ummu Afeera, Zainulabid, Mohd Norhafsam, Maghpor, Hajar Fauzan, Ahmad

“…The bacteria Niallia taxi, Methyloversatilis universalis, unclassified Rummeliibacillus, unclassified Clostridium, and unclassified Sphingomonadaceae dominated the clinic area while ward areas reported Pseudonocardia bannensis, Rubrobacter aplysinae, unclassified Brachybacterium, unclassified mBradyrhizobium, and unclassified Mycobacterium to be the top five features. While the alpha-diversity index showed no significant differences, the beta-diversity analysis showed a significant difference between clinic and ward areas (p<0.05). …”
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Bacterial community shift for monitoring the co-composting of oil palm empty fruit bunch and palm oil mill effluent anaerobic sludge by Mohd Zainudin, Mohd Huzairi, Ramli, Norhayati, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Shirai, Yoshihito, Tashiro, Kosuke, Sakai, Kenji, Tashiro, Yukihiro

“…Approximately 58,122 of 16S rRNA gene amplicons with more than 500 operational taxonomy units (OTUs) were obtained. Alpha diversity and principal component analysis (PCoA) indicated that bacterial diversity and distributions were most influenced by the physicochemical properties of the co-composting stages, which showed remarkable shifts of dominant species throughout the process. …”
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Physicochemical impacts on bacterial communities of selected sites in Putrajaya Lake by Mat Lazim, Nurul Najwa Farihah, Mohamed, Afiqah, Zana Rudin, Zana Ruhaizat, Md Yusoff, Fatimah, Natrah, Ikhsan, Zulkifly, Shahrizim

“…However, no significant differences were found between the wet and dry periods. Alpha diversity analyses revealed the highest index in May 2018 in the constructed wetlands (H’= 5.397) than those from water input or primary lake (p<0.05). …”
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