Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30355666›Full record

ArticlemSphere2018

High Osmolarity Modulates Bacterial Cell Size through Reducing Initiation Volume in Escherichia coli.

Xiongfeng Dai, Manlu Zhu

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in mSphere, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Valorization ofBiotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2026
    Article
  2. Core genome expansion inIranian journal of microbiology · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. UropathogenicMicroorganisms · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Frontiers in genetics · 2024
    Review
  9. Water Stress-Driven Changes in Bacterial Cell Surface Properties.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022
    Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Trehalose as an osmolyte in Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2021
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiongfeng DaiSchool of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China daixiongfeng@mail.ccnu.edu.cn zhumanu@mail.ccnu.edu.cn.
Manlu ZhuSchool of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China daixiongfeng@mail.ccnu.edu.cn zhumanu@mail.ccnu.edu.cn.
Central China Normal University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cell size is closely associated with biomass growth and cell cycle progression, including chromosome replication and cell division. It is generally proposed that

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCell CycleCell DivisionDNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coliOsmolar ConcentrationBacterial ProteinsDnaA protein, BacteriaDNA-Binding Proteinscell cyclecell sizeDnaAhyperosmotic stressinitiation volume

Identifiers

PMID30355666
PMCPMC6200984
OpenAlexW2897980578

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.