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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Geometrical Distribution of

William Lopes, Mendeli H Vainstein, Glauber R De Sousa Araujo, Susana Frases, Charley C Staats, Rita M C de Almeida, Augusto Schrank, Lívia Kmetzsch, Marilene H Vainstein

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing 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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Fungal biofilms in human health and disease.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
    Review
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  5. Host immune response against fungal biofilms.Current opinion in microbiology · 2024
    Review
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  8. Antifungal and Antibiofilm Efficacy of Paeonol Treatment Against Biofilms ComprisingFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
    Article
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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

9 authors.

William LopesCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Mendeli H VainsteinDepartamento de Física, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Glauber R De Sousa AraujoInstituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Susana FrasesInstituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Charley C StaatsCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Rita M C de AlmeidaDepartamento de Física, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Augusto SchrankCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Lívia KmetzschCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Marilene H VainsteinCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial biofilms are highly structured and dynamic communities in which phenotypic diversification allows microorganisms to adapt to different environments under distinct conditions. The environmentally ubiquitous pathogen

Indexed as

biofilmcryptococcusfungigeometricalscanning electron microscopy

Identifiers

PMID29312225
PMCPMC5742216

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