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ReviewFEMS microbiology reviews2016

Decoding molecular interactions in microbial communities.

Nicole A Abreu, Michiko E Taga

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Review in FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

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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.

Nicole A AbreuDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA.
Michiko E TagaDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA taga@berkeley.edu.

Funding

Targeted Killing of Bacteria in CommunitiesDP2AI117984 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI TAGA, MICHIKO E. · 2014 to 2014
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS DP2 AI117984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial communities govern numerous fundamental processes on earth. Discovering and tracking molecular interactions among microbes is critical for understanding how single species and complex communities impact their associated host or natural environment. While recent technological developments in DNA sequencing and functional imaging have led to new and deeper levels of understanding, we are limited now by our inability to predict and interpret the intricate relationships and interspecies dependencies within these communities. In this review, we highlight the multifaceted approaches investigators have taken within their areas of research to decode interspecies molecular interactions that occur between microbes. Understanding these principles can give us greater insight into ecological interactions in natural environments and within synthetic consortia.

Indexed as

Aquatic OrganismsBacteriaBase SequenceDNA, BacterialGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMetagenomicsMicrobial InteractionsOceans and SeasSequence Analysis, DNADNA, Bacterialcorrinoidsmetagenomicsmicrobial communitymicrobiomemolecular interactionssynthetic biology

Identifiers

PMID27417261
PMCPMC5007284

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