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ArticleAMB Express2020

600-ns pulsed electric fields affect inactivation and antibiotic susceptibilities of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Stacey L Martens, Savannah Klein, Ronald A Barnes, Patricia TrejoSanchez, Caleb C Roth, Bennett L Ibey

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Article in AMB Express, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteriaFrontiers in microbiology · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stacey L MartensRadio Frequency Bioeffects Branch, Bioeffects Division, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA. stacey.martens@us.af.mil.
Savannah KleinOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Ronald A BarnesRadio Frequency Bioeffects Branch, Bioeffects Division, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Patricia TrejoSanchezRadio Frequency Bioeffects Branch, Bioeffects Division, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Caleb C RothRadio Frequency Bioeffects Branch, Bioeffects Division, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Bennett L IbeyRadio Frequency Bioeffects Branch, Bioeffects Division, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA.
59th Medical Wing · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Air Force Office of Scientific Research 16RHCOR348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell suspensions of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus acidophilus were exposed to 600-ns pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) at varying amplitudes (Low-13.5, Mid-18.5 or High-23.5 kV cm

Indexed as

AntibioticDecontaminationE. coliL. acidophilusNanosecond pulsed electric fields

Identifiers

PMID32189137
PMCPMC7080936
OpenAlexW3012787374

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