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ArticleNature microbiology2020

Developmentally regulated volatiles geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol attract a soil arthropod to Streptomyces bacteria promoting spore dispersal.

Paul G Becher, Vasiliki Verschut, Maureen J Bibb, Matthew J Bush, Béla P Molnár, Elisabeth Barane, Mahmoud M Al-Bassam, Govind Chandra, Lijiang Song, Gregory L Challis and 2 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Paul G BecherDepartment of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden. paul.becher@slu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-2668
Vasiliki VerschutDepartment of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
Maureen J BibbDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Matthew J BushDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-0152
Béla P MolnárDepartment of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
Elisabeth BaraneDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Mahmoud M Al-BassamDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Govind ChandraDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7882-6676
Lijiang SongDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Gregory L ChallisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5976-3545
Mark J ButtnerDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3505-2981
Klas FlärdhDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. klas.flardh@biol.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-9743
John Innes Centre · GBSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SELund University · SEUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H006125/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I002197/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004561/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P012523/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/J/00000015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volatile compounds emitted by bacteria are often sensed by other organisms as odours, but their ecological roles are poorly understood

Indexed as

Spores, BacterialStreptomycesAnimalsArthropodsCamphanesNaphtholsPheromonesSoil2-methylisoborneolCamphanesgeosminNaphtholsPheromonesSoil

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PMID32251369
OpenAlexW3014635176

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