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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2000

Resistance of Bacillus endospores to extreme terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.

W L Nicholson, N Munakata, G Horneck, H J Melosh, P Setlow

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 567 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

567 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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507 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

W L NicholsonDepartment of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. wln@u.arizona.edu
N Munakata
G Horneck
H J Melosh
P Setlow

Funding

DEGRADATION REACTIONS IN SPORE GERMINATIONR01GM019698 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI SETLOW, PETER · 1985 to 2007
$1.9M
DEGRADATION REACTIONS IN SPORE GERMINATIONR37GM019698 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI SETLOW, PETER · 1994 to 2003
$1.7M
ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGE REPAIR IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORE DNAR29GM047461 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI NICHOLSON, WAYNE L · 1993 to 1997
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ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGE REPAIR IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORE DNAR55GM047461 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI NICHOLSON, WAYNE L · 1992 to 1992
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM19698NIGMS NIH HHS GM47461NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM019698NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM019698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endospores of Bacillus spp., especially Bacillus subtilis, have served as experimental models for exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying the incredible longevity of spores and their resistance to environmental insults. In this review we summarize the molecular laboratory model of spore resistance mechanisms and attempt to use the model as a basis for exploration of the resistance of spores to environmental extremes both on Earth and during postulated interplanetary transfer through space as a result of natural impact processes.

Indexed as

EnvironmentExtraterrestrial EnvironmentBacillusSpace FlightSpores, BacterialNon-programmatic

Identifiers

PMID10974126
PMCPMC99004

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