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ReviewJournal of applied microbiology2020

Preserving US microbe collections sparks future discoveries.

K Boundy-Mills, K McCluskey, P Elia, J A Glaeser, D L Lindner, D R Nobles, J Normanly, F M Ochoa-Corona, J A Scott, T J Ward and 3 more

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Review in Journal of applied microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

13 authors.

K Boundy-MillsPhaff Yeast Culture Collection, Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9272-5903
K McCluskeyDepartment of Plant Pathology, Fungal Genetics Stock Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
P EliaSoybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS Rhizobium Germplasm Resource Collection, Beltsville, MD, USA.
J A GlaeserCenter for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA.
D L LindnerCenter for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA.
D R NoblesUTEX Culture Collection of Algae, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
J NormanlyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
F M Ochoa-CoronaNational Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-8209
J A ScottDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
T J WardUSDA-Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL, USA.
K M WebbSoil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
K WebsterDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
J E WertzE. coli Genetic Stock Center, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Funding

NIH HHSUnited States Department of AgricultureUS National Science Foundation DBI-1203113US National Science Foundation DBI-1534564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Collections of micro-organisms are a crucial element of life science research infrastructure but are vulnerable to loss and damage caused by natural or man-made disasters, the untimely death or retirement of personnel, or the loss of research funding. Preservation of biological collections has risen in priority due to a new appreciation for discoveries linked to preserved specimens, emerging hurdles to international collecting and decreased funding for new collecting. While many historic collections have been lost, several have been preserved, some with dramatic rescue stories. Rescued microbes have been used for discoveries in areas of health, biotechnology and basic life science. Suggestions for long-term planning for microbial stocks are listed, as well as inducements for long-term preservation.

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Preservation, BiologicalBiomedical ResearchBiotechnologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyHumansUnited Statesalgaebiotechnologydiversityenvironmental mycologyfungi

Identifiers

PMID31758754
PMCPMC7383923

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