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ArticleMicroorganisms2019

Biofilm Specific Activity: A Measure to Quantify Microbial Biofilm.

Laura Corte, Debora Casagrande Pierantoni, Carlo Tascini, Luca Roscini, Gianluigi Cardinali

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Article in Microorganisms, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Laura CorteDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences⁻Microbiology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. laura.corte@unipg.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4723-7254
Debora Casagrande PierantoniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences⁻Microbiology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. deboracasagrandepierantoni@gmail.com.
Carlo TasciniFirst Division of Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, 80181 Naples, Italy. c.tascini@gmail.com.
Luca RosciniCEMIN-Excellence Research Center, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. luca.roscini@unipg.it.ORCID 0000-0003-3706-9936
Gianluigi CardinaliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences⁻Microbiology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy. gianluigi.cardinali@unipg.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4522-7925

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbes growing onto solid surfaces form complex 3-D biofilm structures characterized by the production of extracellular polymeric compounds and an increased resistance to drugs. The quantification of biofilm relays currently on a number of different approaches and techniques, often leading to different evaluations of the ability to form biofilms of the studied microbial strains. Measures of biofilm biomass were carried out with crystal violet (CV) and a direct reading at 405 nm, whereas the activity was assessed with the XTT ((2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2

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2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide (XTT)biofilmCandida spp.crystal violetquantificationStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID30866438
PMCPMC6463164

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