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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2019

Eduardo L Almeida, Andrés Felipe Carrillo Rincón, Stephen A Jackson, Alan D W Dobson

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Article 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 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The effect of ionic strength on PETase enzymes: An experimental and computational study.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  9. EngineeringInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. In Silico Analysis and Biochemical Characterization ofJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024
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  16. Phylum-level studies of bacterial cutinases for unravelling enzymatic specificity toward PET degradation: an in silico approach.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eduardo L AlmeidaSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Andrés Felipe Carrillo RincónSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Stephen A JacksonSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Alan D W DobsonSchool of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
University College Cork · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastics, such as the polyethylene terephthalate (PET), are widely used for various industrial applications, due to their physicochemical properties which are particularly useful in the packaging industry. However, due to improper plastic waste management and difficulties in recycling, post-consumer plastic waste has become a pressing issue for both the environment and for human health. Hence, novel technologies and methods of processing plastic waste are required to address these issues. Enzymatic-assisted hydrolysis of synthetic polymers has been proposed as a potentially more efficient and environment-friendly alternative to the currently employed methods. Recently, a number of PET hydrolases have been described, and in particular a PETase derived from

Indexed as

PETasesplasticspolycaprolactoneStreptomycessynthetic polyesters

Identifiers

PMID31632361
PMCPMC6779837
OpenAlexW2972278947

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Registered trials

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