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ReviewTrends in microbiology2009

Vibrio biofilms: so much the same yet so different.

Fitnat H Yildiz, Karen L Visick

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 259 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
259citing papers in PubMed
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

259 citing papers in PubMed, 519 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fitnat H YildizDepartment of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. yildiz@metx.ucsc.edu
Karen L Visick
Loyola University Chicago · USUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · US

Funding

Smooth to Rugose phase variation in Vibrio choleraeR01AI055987 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI YILDIZ, HAVVA FITNAT · 2003 to 2019
$4.4M
REQUIREMENTS FOR BACTERIAL COLONIZATION OF ANIMAL TISSUER01GM059690 · NIGMS · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI VISICK, KAREN L · 2000 to 2013
$3.4M
Smooth to Rugose phase variation in Vibrio choleraeR56AI055987 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI YILDIZ, HAVVA FITNAT · 2008 to 2008
$356k
NIAID NIH HHS AI055987NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055987NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI055987NIGMS NIH HHS GM59690NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibrios are natural inhabitants of aquatic environments and form symbiotic or pathogenic relationships with eukaryotic hosts. Recent studies reveal that the ability of vibrios to form biofilms (i.e. matrix-enclosed, surface-associated communities) depends upon specific structural genes (flagella, pili and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis) and regulatory processes (two-component regulators, quorum sensing and c-di-GMP signaling). Here, we compare and contrast mechanisms and regulation of biofilm formation by Vibrio species, with a focus on Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio fischeri. Although many aspects are the same, others differ dramatically. Crucial questions that remain to be answered regarding the molecular underpinnings of Vibrio biofilm formation are also discussed.

Indexed as

BiofilmsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialQuorum SensingSignal TransductionVibrio

Identifiers

PMID19231189
PMCPMC2729562
OpenAlexW2052036592

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Registered trials

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