Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze

Metabolite libraries built from NMR spectra for natural, lavado and commercial cocoa and for two extraction procedures (hydroalcoholic and Soxhlet), using the Simple Mixture Analysis (SMA) tool implemented in MestreNova 12.4 software.

The .diam files are the creter diameters to be used with the software craterstats2 The olimpo_nocart.exe is the executable to calculate the water splash; input data are requested when running the code; the txt files should not be modified The runup_water_acheron6_pss is a small fortran code to calculate the run-up and velocity of the water wave with the analytical formula provided in the text

Metabolite library built from NMR spectra for metabolomic analysis of leaves' hydroalcholic extract (80% MeOH) from wild mountain Mentha longifolia, using the Simple Mixture Analysis (SMA) tool implemented in MestreNova 14.1 software.

Metabolite library built from NMR spectra for metabolomic analysis of leaves' aquous extract from Lolium multiflorum, using the Simple Mixture Analysis (SMA) tool implemented in MestreNova 14.1 software.

Metabolite libraries built from NMR spectra for two types of coffee (green or roasted) and for three extraction procedures (hydroalcoholic, espresso, moka), using the Simple Mixture Analysis (SMA) tool implemented in MestreNova 12.0 software.

Revision of Hydatigera taeniaeformis species complex with a description of a new species (Lavikainen et al., IJP 2016): 1. Morphological data. A drawing (atypical segment). Morphological matrix. 2. DNA data. Nucleotide sequence alignments (18S rDNA; pold & pepck; mitochondrial protein-coding genes; cox1 complete haplotype data set).

Two new reef coral species, Porites farasani sp. nov. and Porites hadramauti sp. nov. (Scleractinia, Poritidae), are described from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Porites farasani sp. nov. only occurs in the Farasan Islands in the southern Red Sea, while P. hadramauti sp. nov. has been collected in the Yemen Hadramaut region in the Gulf of Aden. Both species presented striking in situ differences with respect to other Porites species, and were characterized by small encrusting colonies and unusual polyp colouration. In order to test the genetic distinctiveness of P. farasani sp. nov. and P. hadramauti sp. nov. between each other and with respect to other representatives in the genus Porites, we investigated their evolutionary relationships with eight other morphological species of Porites occurring in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden. Two DNA loci, the mitochondrial putative control region and the nuclear ribosomal ITS region, were sequenced, and three species delimitation approaches based on barcoding threshold (Automated Barcoding Gap Discovery) and coalescence theory (Poisson-Tree process, Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent) were applied. Phylogenetic and species delimitation analyses were overall concordant, resolving P. farasani sp. nov. and P. hadramauti sp. nov. as two divergent but closely related lineages. Of the other morphologically defined Porites species, three were genetically differentiated (P. rus, P. columnaris and P. fontanesii), but five were genetically indistinguishable. The discovery of two regional endemics confirms the importance of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden as regions of high biodiversity and suggests the need for an integration of genome-wide molecular data with the re-evaluation of skeletal structures in the systematics of Porites.

Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man–environment interactions. Trait-based approaches to ecological studies have developed greatly over recent decades worldwide, although several issues concerning the relationships between plant functional traits and the environment still lack sufficient empirical evaluation. To draw insights on the association between plant functional traits and direct and indirect human and natural pressures on the environmental drivers, this article summarizes the existing knowledge on this topic by reviewing the results of studies performed in Italy adopting a functional trait approach on vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Although we recorded trait measurements for 1418 taxa, our review highlighted some major gaps in plant traits knowledge: Mediterranean ecosystems are poorly represented; traits related to belowground organs are still overlooked; traits measurements for bryophytes and lichens are lacking. Finally, intraspecific variation has been little studied at community level so far. We conclude by highlighting the need for approaches evaluating trait–environment relationship at large spatial and temporal scales and the need of a more effective contribution to online databases to tie more firmly Italian researchers to international scientific networks on plant traits.

Four Supporting Figures and two Supporting Tables to "Tel1/ATM Signaling to the Checkpoint Contributes to Replicative Senescence in the Absence of Telomerase"

Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man–environment interactions. Trait-based approaches to ecological studies have developed greatly over recent decades worldwide, although several issues concerning the relationships between plant functional traits and the environment still lack sufficient empirical evaluation. To draw insights on the association between plant functional traits and direct and indirect human and natural pressures on the environmental drivers, this article summarizes the existing knowledge on this topic by reviewing the results of studies performed in Italy adopting a functional trait approach on vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Although we recorded trait measurements for 1418 taxa, our review highlighted some major gaps in plant traits knowledge: Mediterranean ecosystems are poorly represented; traits related to belowground organs are still overlooked; traits measurements for bryophytes and lichens are lacking. Finally, intraspecific variation has been little studied at community level so far. We conclude by highlighting the need for approaches evaluating trait–environment relationship at large spatial and temporal scales and the need of a more effective contribution to online databases to tie more firmly Italian researchers to international scientific networks on plant traits.