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ArticlemBio2020

Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Anaerobic Respiration in Bacteroides fragilis and Its Importance

Takeshi Ito, Rene Gallegos, Leigh M Matano, Nicole L Butler, Noam Hantman, Matthew Kaili, Michael J Coyne, Laurie E Comstock, Michael H Malamy, Blanca Barquera

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Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 59 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Takeshi ItoCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Rene GallegosDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Leigh M MatanoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nicole L ButlerCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Noam HantmanCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Matthew KailiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael J CoyneDivision of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Laurie E ComstockDivision of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael H MalamyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Blanca BarqueraCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA barqub@rpi.edu.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USTufts University · US

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMST32AI007061 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Marcia B Goldberg · 1985 to 2026
$12.1M
A new paradigm of respiration in the human gut BacteroidesR01AI132580 · NIAID · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI BARQUERA, BLANCA, COMSTOCK, LAURIE E · 2017 to 2020
$2.4M
Contact-Dependent Antagonism in Gut BacteroidalesR01AI120633 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI COMSTOCK, LAURIE E · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120633NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI132580NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007061NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In bacteria, the respiratory pathways that drive molecular transport and ATP synthesis include a variety of enzyme complexes that utilize different electron donors and acceptors. This property allows them to vary the efficiency of energy conservation and to generate different types of electrochemical gradients (H

Indexed as

AnaerobiosisAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBacteroides fragilisBenzoquinonesFemaleGerm-Free LifeMaleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMiceNADNADH DehydrogenaseOxidation-ReductionQuinone ReductasesSequence DeletionBacterial ProteinsBenzoquinonesNADNADH DehydrogenasequinoneQuinone ReductasesBacteroides fragilisgut microbiotaNQRrespiration

Identifiers

PMID32019804
PMCPMC7002350
OpenAlexW3004472569

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