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ReviewJournal of bacteriology2018

Mechanistic Features of the Enterococcal pCF10 Sex Pheromone Response and the Biology of Enterococcus faecalis in Its Natural Habitat.

Rebecca J Breuer, Helmut Hirt, Gary M Dunny

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Review in Journal of bacteriology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Microorganisms · 2026
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  5. A newly discoveredFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  9. Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  10. Enterococcus faecalis: implications for host health.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024
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  19. ProbioticApplied and environmental microbiology · 2021
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca J BreuerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Helmut HirtDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Gary M DunnyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA dunny001@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

TRAINING FOR FUTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTT32GM008347 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SCHMIDT-DANNERT, CLAUDIA · 1990 to 2021
$11.0M
Functional genomics analysis of colonization and persistence of Enterococcus faecalis in the gastrointestinal tract.R01AI122742 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
Enterococcal Sex pheromones: impact on antibiotic resistance transfer and ecology of the gastrointestinal tract.R35GM118079 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI122742NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118079NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conjugative transfer of plasmids in enterococci is promoted by intercellular communication using peptide pheromones. The regulatory mechanisms that control transfer have been extensively studied

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsConjugation, GeneticEnterococcus faecalisGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Transfer, HorizontalPlasmidsBacterial Proteinsantibiotic resistancehorizontal gene transferintestinal microbiotanosocomial infections

Identifiers

PMID29437851
PMCPMC6018354
OpenAlexW2790325265

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Registered trials

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