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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2020

Non-walled spherical

Jin Zou, Si-Hoi Kou, Ruiqiang Xie, Michael S VanNieuwenhze, Jiuxin Qu, Bo Peng, Jun Zheng

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Understanding tolerance to cell wall-active antibiotics.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021
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  18. Are Bacterial Persisters Dormant Cells Only?Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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  20. Mechanisms ProtectingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jin ZouFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, People's Republic of China.
Si-Hoi KouFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, People's Republic of China.
Ruiqiang XieFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, People's Republic of China.
Michael S VanNieuwenhzeDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Jiuxin QuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Southern University of Science and Technology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Bo PengSchool of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jun ZhengFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-4518
University of Macau · MOIndiana University Bloomington · USSouthern University of Science and Technology · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial persistence is one of the major causes of antibiotic treatment failure and the step stone for antibiotic resistance. However, the mechanism by which persisters arise has not been well understood. Maintaining a dormant state to prevent antibiotics from taking effect is believed to be the fundamental mechanistic basis, and persisters normally maintain an intact cellular structure. Here we examined the morphologies of persisters in

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAnimalsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsCell MembraneDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialLarvaMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMicrobial ViabilityMothsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsAcinetobacter baumanniidrug tolerancenon-walled spherical bacteriumpersistersβ-lactam antibiotics

Identifiers

PMID32419626
PMCPMC7448848
OpenAlexW3027593927

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