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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2021

Structure of the Bacterial Cellulose Ribbon and Its Assembly-Guiding Cytoskeleton by Electron Cryotomography.

William J Nicolas, Debnath Ghosal, Elitza I Tocheva, Elliot M Meyerowitz, Grant J Jensen

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Genetic Impacts on the Structure and Mechanics of Cellulose Made by Bacteria.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  12. Single-molecule investigations of single-chain cellulose biosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  15. Characterization of the Putative Acylated Cellulose Synthase Operon inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  17. Research progress of the biosynthetic strains and pathways of bacterial cellulose.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

William J NicolasDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Debnath GhosalDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Elitza I TochevaDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4869-8319
Elliot M MeyerowitzDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA meyerow@caltech.edu jensen@caltech.edu.
Grant J JensenDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA meyerow@caltech.edu jensen@caltech.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1556-4864
California Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Imaging large macromolecular complexes inside cells with electron cryotomographyR35GM122588 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JENSEN, GRANT J · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulose is a widespread component of bacterial biofilms, where its properties of exceptional water retention, high tensile strength, and stiffness prevent dehydration and mechanical disruption of the biofilm. Bacteria in the genus

Indexed as

AcetobacteraceaeBiofilmsCelluloseCrystallizationCytoskeletonElectron Microscope TomographyElectronsEscherichia coliGluconacetobacterGluconacetobacter xylinusMicrofibrilsCellulosecelluloseelectron cryotomographyGluconacetobacter

Identifiers

PMID33199282
PMCPMC7811197
OpenAlexW3101639708

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