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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2018

Paramagnetism in Bacillus spores: Opportunities for novel biotechnological applications.

Ke Xu Zhou, Adrian Ionescu, Eamon Wan, Yeuk N Ho, Crispin H W Barnes, Graham Christie, D Ian Wilson

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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 2 countries.

Ke Xu ZhouDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Adrian IonescuDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Eamon WanDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Yeuk N HoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Crispin H W BarnesDepartment of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Graham ChristieDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7177-9646
D Ian WilsonDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spores of Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus subtilis were found to exhibit intrinsic paramagnetic properties as a result of the accumulation of manganese ions. All three Bacillus species displayed strong yet distinctive magnetic properties arising from differences in manganese quantity and valency. Manganese ions were found to accumulate both within the spore core as well as being associated with the surface of the spore. Bacillus megaterium spores accumulated up to 1 wt.% manganese (II) within, with a further 0.6 wt.% adsorbed onto the surface. At room temperature, Bacillus spores possess average magnetic susceptibilities in the range of 10

Indexed as

BiotechnologyMagnetsBacillus cereusBacillus megateriumBacillus subtilisIonsMagnetometryManganeseMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningModels, TheoreticalSpores, BacterialIonsManganeseBacillusparamagnetismspores

Identifiers

PMID29205279
PMCPMC5888203
OpenAlexW2771127410

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