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ArticleNature microbiology2018

A pathway for biological methane production using bacterial iron-only nitrogenase.

Yanning Zheng, Derek F Harris, Zheng Yu, Yanfen Fu, Saroj Poudel, Rhesa N Ledbetter, Kathryn R Fixen, Zhi-Yong Yang, Eric S Boyd, Mary E Lidstrom and 2 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yanning ZhengDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Derek F HarrisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-2976
Zheng YuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yanfen FuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Saroj PoudelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
Rhesa N LedbetterDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4268-8785
Kathryn R FixenDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Zhi-Yong YangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8186-9450
Eric S BoydDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
Mary E LidstromDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lance C SeefeldtDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
Caroline S HarwoodDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. csh5@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4450-5177
University of Washington · USUtah State University · USMontana State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methane (CH

Indexed as

AmmoniaCarbon DioxideHydrogenIronMethaneMicrobiotaNitrogenNitrogenaseProtonsRhodopseudomonasAmmoniaCarbon DioxideHydrogenIronMethaneNitrogenNitrogenaseProtons

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PMID29335552
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