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ArticleNature microbiology2017

Environmental drivers of a microbial genomic transition zone in the ocean's interior.

Daniel R Mende, Jessica A Bryant, Frank O Aylward, John M Eppley, Torben Nielsen, David M Karl, Edward F DeLong

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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116citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 211 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel R MendeDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-4557
Jessica A BryantDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Frank O AylwardDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
John M EppleyDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Torben NielsenDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
David M KarlDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Edward F DeLongDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA. edelong@hawaii.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-4965
University of Hawaii System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The core properties of microbial genomes, including GC content and genome size, are known to vary widely among different bacteria and archaea

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EnvironmentGenome, MicrobialOceans and SeasArchaeaArchaeal ProteinsBacteriaBacterial ProteinsBase CompositionCarbonFoodGenes, rRNAGenetic VariationGenome, ArchaealGenome, BacterialGenome SizeNitrogenArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCarbonNitrogenProteome

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PMID28808230
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