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ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2014

The importance of microbes in animal development: lessons from the squid-vibrio symbiosis.

Margaret J McFall-Ngai

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Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
130citing papers in PubMed
19.8field-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

130 citing papers in PubMed, 253 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret J McFall-NgaiSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706; email: mjmcfallngai@wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Vibrio fischeri as a Model for Bacterial ColonizationR37AI050661 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI MARGARET J MC FALL-NGAI, Edward G Ruby · 2018 to 2026
$5.4M
Vibrio fischeri as a model of Bacterial ColonizationR01AI050661 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MC FALL-NGAI, MARGARET J, RUBY, EDWARD G · 2002 to 2016
$5.0M
Vibrio Virulence Determinants in a Benign ColonizationR01OD011024 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MC FALL-NGAI, MARGARET J, RUBY, EDWARD G · 2012 to 2020
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050661NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI050661NIH HHS R01 OD011024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental biology is among the many subdisciplines of the life sciences being transformed by our increasing awareness of the role of coevolved microbial symbionts in health and disease. Most symbioses are horizontally acquired, i.e., they begin anew each generation. In such associations, the embryonic period prepares the animal to engage with the coevolved partner(s) with fidelity following birth or hatching. Once interactions are underway, the microbial partners drive maturation of tissues that are either directly associated with or distant from the symbiont populations. Animal alliances often involve complex microbial communities, such as those in the vertebrate gastrointestinal tract. A series of simpler-model systems is providing insight into the basic rules and principles that govern the establishment and maintenance of stable animal-microbe partnerships. This review focuses on what biologists have learned about the developmental trajectory of horizontally acquired symbioses through the study of the binary squid-vibrio model.

Indexed as

SymbiosisAnimalsDecapodiformesVibriocolonizationEuprymna scolopesholobionthorizontal transmissionmorphogenesisVibrio fischeri

Identifiers

PMID24995875
PMCPMC6281398
OpenAlexW2133645878

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