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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Formation Is Differentially Affected by Common Culture Conditions, and Proteins Play a Central Role in the Biofilm Matrix.

Ian H Windham, Stephanie L Servetas, Jeannette M Whitmire, Daniel Pletzer, Robert E W Hancock, D Scott Merrell

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ian H WindhamDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Stephanie L ServetasDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Jeannette M WhitmireDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Daniel PletzerCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5750-7505
Robert E W HancockCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
D Scott MerrellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA douglas.merrell@usuhs.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7095-5177
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Helicobacter pylori CagA toxin polymorphismR21AI121517 · NIAID · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI MERRELL, D. SCOTT · 2016 to 2017
$420k
CIHR FDN-154287NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI121517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BiofilmsCulture MediaDNA, BacterialExtracellular Polymeric Substance MatrixHelicobacter pyloriMicroscopy, ConfocalCulture MediaDNA, Bacterialantimicrobial peptidesbiofilmsHelicobacter pylori

Identifiers

PMID29752266
PMCPMC6029101
OpenAlexW2801472250

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