John N Maina
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Maina J, Schachner E
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
. 2025 Feb;
380(1920):20230419.
PMID: 40010388
The respiratory biology of birds has been of interest to researchers for centuries, particularly owing to its dramatically heterogeneous structure, unusual ability for non-ventilatory structures to invade nearly all parts...
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Wanja F, Omwenga E, Ngugi C, Maina J, Kiiru J
Access Microbiol
. 2024 Mar;
6(2).
PMID: 38482364
The menace of antimicrobial resistance affecting public health is rising globally. Many pathogenic bacteria use mechanisms such as mutations and biofilm formation, significantly reducing the efficacy of antimicrobial agents. In...
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Maina J
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
. 2023 Jul;
98(6):2152-2187.
PMID: 37489059
In commercial poultry farming, respiratory diseases cause high morbidities and mortalities, begetting colossal economic losses. Without empirical evidence, early observations led to the supposition that birds in general, and poultry...
4.
Makanya A, Jimoh S, Maina J
Microsc Microanal
. 2023 Jul;
29(4):1523-1530.
PMID: 37488818
Culture of shell-free and windowed eggs for drug testing and other experiments has been perfected for smaller eggs such as those of chickens, where the developing blood vessels of the...
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Ndukui J, Gikunju J, Aboge G, Mwaniki J, Maina J, Mbaria J
Microbiol Insights
. 2022 May;
15:11786361211063619.
PMID: 35603101
Background: The emergence and spread of Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in through the plasmid-mediated exchange have become a major threat to public health by complicating the treatment of severe infections in...
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Essay M, Maina J
Open Biol
. 2020 Jul;
10(7):190249.
PMID: 32634372
Fractal geometry (FG) is a branch of mathematics that instructively characterizes structural complexity. Branched structures are ubiquitous in both the physical and the biological realms. Fractility has therefore been termed...
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Maina J, Igbokwe C
Sci Rep
. 2020 Apr;
10(1):5244.
PMID: 32251351
Lungs of the rodent species, the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) and the Nigerian mole rat (Cryptomys foxi) were investigated. Significant morphometric differences exist between the two species. The...
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De Boeck G, Wood C, Brix K, Sinha A, Matey V, Johannsson O, et al.
Conserv Physiol
. 2019 Nov;
7(1):coz060.
PMID: 31687141
Lake Magadi, Kenya, is one of the most extreme aquatic environments on Earth (pH~10, anoxic to hyperoxic, high temperatures). Recently, increased water demand and siltation have threatened the viable hot...
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Mbanga B, van Dyk C, Maina J
Zoology (Jena)
. 2018 Dec;
130:6-18.
PMID: 30502840
The respiratory organs of the African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus, were studied to broaden existing understanding of the adaptive stratagems that have evolved for air-breathing in fish. The gills were...
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Wang X, OConnor J, Maina J, Pan Y, Wang M, Wang Y, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2018 Oct;
115(45):11555-11560.
PMID: 30348768
We describe a specimen of the basal ornithuromorph from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation with extensive soft tissue preservation. Although it is the fifth specimen to be described, unlike the...