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ArticlePLoS pathogens2016

Fungal Super Glue: The Biofilm Matrix and Its Composition, Assembly, and Functions.

Kaitlin F Mitchell, Robert Zarnowski, David R Andes

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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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

67 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Bioactive Constituents ofDrug design, development and therapy · 2026
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  12. Characterization of Biofilm Formation by the DermatophyteJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  16. The multidrug-resistantCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2025
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  19. Cold atmospheric plasma inactivatesJournal of medical microbiology · 2024
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7 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

3 authors.

Kaitlin F MitchellDepartments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
Robert ZarnowskiDepartments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
David R AndesDepartments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.

Funding

Vesicle-mediated drug resistance of Candida albicans biofilmR01AI073289 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ANDES, DAVID R, MITCHELL, AARON P · 2008 to 2025
$7.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID27685086
PMCPMC5042517

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