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ArticleGeomicrobiology journal2016

Pathogenic Yet Environmentally Friendly? Black Fungal Candidates for Bioremediation of Pollutants.

Barbara Blasi, Caroline Poyntner, Tamara Rudavsky, Francesc X Prenafeta-Boldú, Sybren De Hoog, Hakim Tafer, Katja Sterflinger

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Article in Geomicrobiology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 67 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Barbara BlasiUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, VIBT-Extremophile Center , Vienna , Austria.
Caroline PoyntnerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, VIBT-Extremophile Center , Vienna , Austria.
Tamara RudavskyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, VIBT-Extremophile Center , Vienna , Austria.
Francesc X Prenafeta-BoldúGIRO Joint Research Unit IRTA-UPC, Torre Marimon, Caldes de Montbui , Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.
Sybren De HoogCBS KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center , Utrecht , The Netherlands.
Hakim TaferUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, VIBT-Extremophile Center , Vienna , Austria.
Katja SterflingerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, VIBT-Extremophile Center , Vienna , Austria.
BOKU University · ATUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya · ESWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 25119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A collection of 163 strains of black yeast-like fungi from the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Center (Utrecht, The Netherlands), has been screened for the ability to grow on hexadecane, toluene and polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (PCB126) as the sole carbon and energy source. These compounds were chosen as representatives of relevant environmental pollutants. A microtiter plate-based culture assay was set up in order to screen the fungal strains for growth on the selected xenobiotics versus glucose, as a positive control. Growth was observed in 25 strains on at least two of the tested substrates. Confirmation of substrate assimilation was performed by cultivation on closed vials and analysis of the headspace composition with regard to the added volatile substrates and the generated carbon dioxide.

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Biofilterblack fungitoluene

Identifiers

PMID27019541
PMCPMC4786828
OpenAlexW2277932930

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