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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

The ComX Quorum Sensing Peptide of

Mihael Špacapan, Tjaša Danevčič, Polonca Štefanic, Michael Porter, Nicola R Stanley-Wall, Ines Mandic-Mulec

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 51 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 2 countries.

Mihael ŠpacapanChair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tjaša DanevčičChair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Polonca ŠtefanicChair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Michael PorterDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9573-5066
Nicola R Stanley-WallDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5936-9721
Ines Mandic-MulecChair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-7629-3255
University of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Dundee · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M013774/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N022254/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R012415/1Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS J4-9302Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS P4-0116Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS "Young Researcher Grant"
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is often required for the formation of bacterial biofilms and is a popular target of biofilm control strategies. Previous studies implicate the ComQXPA quorum sensing system of

Indexed as

bacillusbiofilmcommunicationheterogeneitymatrixpelliclequorumsignalsporulationsurfactin

Identifiers

PMID32727033
PMCPMC7463575
OpenAlexW3044829484

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