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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Antimicrobial Nanomaterials: Why Evolution Matters.

Joseph L Graves, Misty Thomas, Jude Akamu Ewunkem

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Experimental Evolution of Magnetite Nanoparticle Resistance inNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  9. Self-Assembled Antimicrobial Nanomaterials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  10. Antibacterial Activity of Nanomaterials.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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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

3 authors.

Joseph L GravesDepartment of Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University and UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA. gravesjl@ncat.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8446-1709
Misty ThomasDepartment of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA. mthomas1@ncat.edu.
Jude Akamu EwunkemDepartment of Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University and UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA. judeakamu@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the widespread occurrence of multidrug resistant microbes there is increasing interest in the use of novel nanostructured materials as antimicrobials. Specifically, metallic nanoparticles such as silver, copper, and gold have been deployed due to the multiple impacts they have on bacterial physiology. From this, many have concluded that such nanomaterials represent steep obstacles against the evolution of resistance. However, we have already shown that this view is fallacious. For this reason, the significance of our initial experiments are beginning to be recognized in the antimicrobial effects of nanomaterials literature. This recognition is not yet fully understood and here we further explain why nanomaterials research requires a more nuanced understanding of core microbial evolution principles.

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acclimationadaptationAntimicrobialsevolutiongenomicsmetals

Identifiers

PMID28934114
PMCPMC5666448

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