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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

The Composition and Structure of Biofilms Developed by

Ken-Ichi Okuda, Ryuichi Nagahori, Satomi Yamada, Shinya Sugimoto, Chikara Sato, Mari Sato, Tadayuki Iwase, Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshimitsu Mizunoe

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 69 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ken-Ichi OkudaDepartment of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuichi NagahoriDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Satomi YamadaDepartment of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinya SugimotoDepartment of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Chikara SatoBiomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
Mari SatoBiomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
Tadayuki IwaseDepartment of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro HashimotoDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshimitsu MizunoeDepartment of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Jikei University School of Medicine · JPNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to understand the biofilm formation mechanism of

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atmospheric scanning electron microscopy (ASEM)biofilmscell structure and functionextracellular matriximplanted devicesPropionibacterium acnes

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PMCPMC5817082
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