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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Competition for Hydrogen Prevents Coexistence of Human Gastrointestinal Hydrogenotrophs in Continuous Culture.

Nick W Smith, Paul R Shorten, Eric Altermann, Nicole C Roy, Warren C McNabb

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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 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nick W SmithSchool of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Paul R ShortenRiddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Eric AltermannRiddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Nicole C RoyRiddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Warren C McNabbRiddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Massey University · NZAgResearch · NZRiddet Institute · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the metabolic dynamics of the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota is of growing importance as research continues to link the microbiome to host health status. Microbial strains that metabolize hydrogen have been associated with a variety of both positive and negative host nutritional and health outcomes, but limited data exists for their competition in the GIT. To enable greater insight into the behaviour of these microbes, a mathematical model was developed for the metabolism and growth of the three major hydrogenotrophic groups: sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB), methanogens and reductive acetogens. In batch culture simulations with abundant sulphate and hydrogen, the SRB outcompeted the methanogen for hydrogen due to having a half-saturation constant 10

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acetatecross-feedinghydrogenhydrogen sulphidemathematical modellingmethanemicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID32547517
PMCPMC7272605
OpenAlexW3030924319

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