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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2018

Targeted disruption of the extracellular polymeric network of

Lydia C Powell, Manon F Pritchard, Elaine L Ferguson, Kate A Powell, Shree U Patel, Phil D Rye, Stavroula-Melina Sakellakou, Niklaas J Buurma, Charles D Brilliant, Jack M Copping and 4 more

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lydia C Powell1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Manon F Pritchard1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Elaine L Ferguson1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Kate A Powell1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Shree U Patel1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Phil D Rye2AlgiPharma AS, Sandvika, Norway.
Stavroula-Melina Sakellakou3Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Niklaas J Buurma3Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Charles D Brilliant4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Jack M Copping4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Georgina E Menzies4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6600-6507
Paul D Lewis4Respiratory Diagnostics Group, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Katja E Hill1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
David W Thomas1Advanced Therapies Group, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY UK.
Cardiff University · GBSwansea University · GBAlgiPharma (Norway) · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acquisition of a mucoid phenotype by

Identifiers

PMID29977590
PMCPMC6026129
OpenAlexW2801000977

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