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Benzalkonium Chloride Induces a VBNC State in

Matthias Noll, Katharina Trunzer, Antje Vondran, Szilvia Vincze, Ralf Dieckmann, Sascha Al Dahouk, Carolin Gold

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias NollInstitute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Friedrich-Streib-Straße 2, D-96450 Coburg, Germany.
Katharina TrunzerInstitute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Friedrich-Streib-Straße 2, D-96450 Coburg, Germany.
Antje VondranInstitute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Friedrich-Streib-Straße 2, D-96450 Coburg, Germany.
Szilvia VinczeGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany.
Ralf DieckmannGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany.
Sascha Al DahoukGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany.
Carolin GoldInstitute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Friedrich-Streib-Straße 2, D-96450 Coburg, Germany.
Coburg University of Applied Sciences · DEFederal Institute for Risk Assessment · DE

Funding

Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung 1329-551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of our study was to investigate the effects of benzalkonium chloride (BC) adaptation of

Indexed as

2-NBDGantibiotic susceptibilitybenzalkonium chloridecolony forming unitsflow cytometryListeria monocytogenesmetabolic activityVBNCviable but nonculturable

Identifiers

PMID32012868
PMCPMC7074807
OpenAlexW3003824330

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Registered trials

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