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ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2013

Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications.

Iain D Hay, Zahid Ur Rehman, M Fata Moradali, Yajie Wang, Bernd H A Rehm

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Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
94citing papers in PubMed
20.5field-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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 321 citations in OpenAlex.

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34 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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iain D HayInstitute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Zahid Ur Rehman
M Fata Moradali
Yajie Wang
Bernd H A Rehm
Massey University · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginate is an important polysaccharide used widely in the food, textile, printing and pharmaceutical industries for its viscosifying, and gelling properties. All commercially produced alginates are isolated from farmed brown seaweeds. These algal alginates suffer from heterogeneity in composition and material properties. Here, we will discuss alginates produced by bacteria; the molecular mechanisms involved in their biosynthesis; and the potential to utilize these bacterially produced or modified alginates for high-value applications where defined material properties are required.

Indexed as

AlginatesBacteriaBacterial ProteinsGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsMolecular StructureAlginatesBacterial ProteinsGlucuronic AcidHexuronic Acids

Identifiers

PMID24034361
PMCPMC3815931
OpenAlexW1730782230

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Registered trials

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