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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2020

Galacto- and Fructo-oligosaccharides Utilized for Growth by Cocultures of Bifidobacterial Species Characteristic of the Infant Gut.

Ian M Sims, Gerald W Tannock

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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 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ian M SimsThe Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Petone, New Zealand.
Gerald W TannockDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand gerald.tannock@otago.ac.nz.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bifidobacterial species are common inhabitants of the gut of human infants during the period when milk is a major component of the diet.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeBifidobacteriumBifidobacterium bifidumBifidobacterium breveBifidobacterium longum subspecies infantisCoculture TechniquesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornOligosaccharidesOligosaccharidesbifidobacteriaoligosaccharides

Identifiers

PMID32220841
PMCPMC7237773

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