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ArticleJournal of genomics2019

SELfies and CELLfies: Whole Genome Sequencing and Annotation of Five Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Isolated from the Surfaces of Smartphones, An Inquiry Based Laboratory Exercise in a Genomics Undergraduate Course at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Anutthaman Parthasarathy, Narayan H Wong, Amanda N Weiss, Susan Tian, Sara E Ali, Nicole T Cavanaugh, Tyler M Chinsky, Chelsea E Cramer, Aditya Gupta, Rakshanda Jha and 9 more

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Article in Journal of genomics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

19 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anutthaman ParthasarathyThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Narayan H WongThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Amanda N WeissThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Susan TianThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Sara E AliThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Nicole T CavanaughThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Tyler M ChinskyThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Chelsea E CramerThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Aditya GuptaThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Rakshanda JhaThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Loryn K JohnsonThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Elizabeth D TuasonThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Lauren M KlafehnThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Varada KrishnadasThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Ryan J MusichThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Jennifer M PfaffThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Spencer C RichmanThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Alexandria J ShumwayThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
André O HudsonThe Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, USA.
Rochester Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Are touchscreen devices a public health risk for the transmission of pathogenic bacteria, especially those that are resistant to antibiotics? To investigate this, we embarked on a project aimed at isolating and identifying bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics from the screens of smartphones. Touchscreen devices have become ubiquitous in society, and it is important to evaluate the potential risks they pose towards public health, especially as it pertains to the harboring and transmission of pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Sixteen bacteria were initially isolated of which five were unique (four

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antibiotic resistanceMicrococcuspublic healthsecondary metabolitessmartphonesStaphylococcustouchscreen

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PMID30820259
PMCPMC6389494
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