Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29018117›Full record

ArticlemBio2017

Reciprocal Prioritization to Dietary Glycans by Gut Bacteria in a Competitive Environment Promotes Stable Coexistence.

Yunus E Tuncil, Yao Xiao, Nathan T Porter, Bradley L Reuhs, Eric C Martens, Bruce R Hamaker

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Article in mBio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-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

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

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yunus E TuncilWhistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Yao XiaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Nathan T PorterDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Bradley L ReuhsWhistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Eric C MartensDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA emartens@umich.edu hamakerb@purdue.edu.
Bruce R HamakerWhistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Food Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA emartens@umich.edu hamakerb@purdue.edu.
Purdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP)T32GM008353 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCHWENDEMAN, ANNA · 1991 to 2021
$9.3M
Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008353NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When presented with nutrient mixtures, several human gut

Indexed as

BacteroidesBacteroides thetaiotaomicronCatabolite RepressionCulture MediaDietary CarbohydratesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansPolysaccharidesSymbiosisTranscription, GeneticCulture MediaDietary CarbohydratesPolysaccharidescarbohydrate utilizationhierarchical preferencemicrobiotapolysaccharide utilization locitranscription

Identifiers

PMID29018117
PMCPMC5635687
OpenAlexW2761314651

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