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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2019

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Analysis of

Courtney Reichhardt, Matthew R Parsek

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
65citing 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

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

65 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. A cold-responsiveApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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  5. UnderstandingMicroorganisms · 2026
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  7. ACS omega · 2025
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  15. Anti-Biofilm Agents to OvercomePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  17. A novel strategy for eradication of staphylococcal biofilms using blood clots.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Courtney ReichhardtDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Matthew R ParsekDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.

Funding

The pel exopolysaccharide gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosaR01AI077628 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MATTHEW R. PARSEK, Daniel J Wozniak · 2009 to 2026
$7.1M
The biofilm matrix of P. aeruginosaR01AI143916 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MACCOSS, MICHAEL, PARSEK, MATTHEW R. · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Pseudomonas biofilms and immunityR01AI097511 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WOZNIAK, DANIEL J · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077628NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI097511NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most microbes can produce surface-associated or suspended aggregates called biofilms, which are encased within a biopolymer-rich matrix. The biofilm matrix provides structural integrity to the aggregates and shields the resident cells against environmental stressors, including antibiotic treatment. Microscopy permits examination of biofilm structure in relation to the spatial localization of important biofilm matrix components. This review highlights microscopic approaches to investigate bacterial biofilm assembly, matrix composition, and localization using

Indexed as

biofilmconfocal laser scanning microscopyexopolysaccharidesflow-cellPseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

PMID31001240
PMCPMC6454187

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