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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2018

Heather J Goux, Dimple Chavan, Mary Crum, Katerina Kourentzi, Richard C Willson

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 53% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Heather J GouxDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Dimple ChavanDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Mary CrumDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Katerina KourentziDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Richard C WillsonDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
University of Houston · USTecnológico de Monterrey · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in the population levels of specific bacterial species within the gut microbiome have been linked to a variety of illnesses. Most assays that determine the relative abundance of specific taxa are based on amplification and sequencing of stable phylogenetic gene regions. Such lab-based analysis requires pre-analytical sample preservation and storage that have been shown to introduce biases in the characterization of microbial profiles. Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is an isothermal nucleic acid amplification method that employs commercially available, easy-to-use freeze-dried enzyme pellets that can be used to analyze specimens rapidly in the field or clinic, using a portable fluorometer. Immediate analysis of diverse bacterial communities can lead to a more accurate quantification of relative bacterial abundance. In this study, we discovered that universal bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA primers give false-positive signals in RPA analysis because manufacturing host

Indexed as

False Positive ReactionsMicrobiotaBacterial LoadDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalFecesHumansNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SVerrucomicrobiaDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAkkermansia muciniphilabacterial quantificationgut microbiomepoint-of-needRPA

Identifiers

PMID30050871
PMCPMC6052657
OpenAlexW2809292880

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Registered trials

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