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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Unraveling 1,4-Butanediol Metabolism in

Wing-Jin Li, Tanja Narancic, Shane T Kenny, Paul-Joachim Niehoff, Kevin O'Connor, Lars M Blank, Nick Wierckx

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 88 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wing-Jin LiInstitute of Applied Microbiology-iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology-ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Tanja NarancicUCD Earth Institute and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Shane T KennyBioplastech Ltd., NovaUCD, Belfield Innovation Park, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Paul-Joachim NiehoffInstitute of Applied Microbiology-iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology-ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Kevin O'ConnorUCD Earth Institute and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Lars M BlankInstitute of Applied Microbiology-iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology-ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Nick WierckxInstitute of Applied Microbiology-iAMB, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology-ABBt, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastics, in all forms, are a ubiquitous cornerstone of modern civilization. Although humanity undoubtedly benefits from the versatility and durability of plastics, they also cause a tremendous burden for the environment. Bio-upcycling is a promising approach to reduce this burden, especially for polymers that are currently not amenable to mechanical recycling. Wildtype

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genomicslaboratory evolutionplastic upcyclingproteomicsPseudomonas putida

Identifiers

PMID32256468
PMCPMC7090098
OpenAlexW3011438738

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