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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2020

Bacterial Glycogen Provides Short-Term Benefits in Changing Environments.

Karthik Sekar, Stephanie M Linker, Jen Nguyen, Alix Grünhagen, Roman Stocker, Uwe Sauer

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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 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 85 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Karthik Sekar *Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stephanie M Linker *Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jen NguyenInstitute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alix GrünhagenInstitute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Roman StockerInstitute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Uwe SauerInstitute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland sauer@imsb.biol.ethz.ch.
ETH Zurich · CHMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changing nutritional conditions challenge microbes and shape their evolutionary optimization. Here, we used real-time metabolomics to investigate the role of glycogen in the dynamic physiological adaptation of

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalEscherichia coliGlucoseGlycogenStress, PhysiologicalGlucoseGlycogenenvironmental microbiologyglycogen metabolismmetabolismmetabolomics

Identifiers

PMID32111592
PMCPMC7170487
OpenAlexW3008483130

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