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ArticleInsects2020

The Gram-Positive Bacterium

Nils Hiebert, Tobias Kessel, Marisa Skaljac, Marius Spohn, Andreas Vilcinskas, Kwang-Zin Lee

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Article in Insects, 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
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nils HiebertFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Ohlebergsweg 12, D-35394 Giessen, Germany.
Tobias KesselInstitute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
Marisa SkaljacFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Ohlebergsweg 12, D-35394 Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6849-2596
Marius SpohnFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Ohlebergsweg 12, D-35394 Giessen, Germany.
Andreas VilcinskasFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Ohlebergsweg 12, D-35394 Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8276-4968
Kwang-Zin LeeFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Ohlebergsweg 12, D-35394 Giessen, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology · DEJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DE

Funding

Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst LOEWE Centre for Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insect pests reduce global crop yields by up to 20%, but the most effective control measures are currently based on environmentally hazardous chemical pesticides. An alternative, ecologically beneficial pest-management strategy involves the use of microbial pathogens (or active compounds and extracts derived from them) that naturally target selected insect pests. A novel strain of the bacterium

Indexed as

biological controlinsect pestsinvasive speciesLeuconostoc spp.

Identifiers

PMID32722463
PMCPMC7469177
OpenAlexW3044690956

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