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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2020

Caldicellulosiruptor bescii Adheres to Polysaccharides via a Type IV Pilin-Dependent Mechanism.

Asma M A M Khan, Valerie J Hauk, Mena Ibrahim, Thomas R Raffel, Sara E Blumer-Schuette

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. ComFB, a widespread family of c-di-NMP receptor proteins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. ComFB, a new widespread family of c-di-NMP receptor proteins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asma M A M KhanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Valerie J HaukDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Mena IbrahimDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Thomas R RaffelDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.
Sara E Blumer-SchuetteDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA blumerschuette@oakland.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9522-4266
Oakland University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological hydrolysis of cellulose above 70°C involves microorganisms that secrete free enzymes and deploy separate protein systems to adhere to their substrate. Strongly cellulolytic

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionBacillotaCaldicellulosiruptorFimbriae ProteinsPolysaccharides, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsPolysaccharides, BacterialCaldicellulosiruptorextreme thermophiletype IV pilusxylan

Identifiers

PMID32086304
PMCPMC7170476
OpenAlexW3007432480

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