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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Recent advances in exploring the heavy metal(loid) resistant microbiome.

Xiuli Hao, Jiaojiao Zhu, Christopher Rensing, Ying Liu, Shenghan Gao, Wenli Chen, Qiaoyun Huang, Yu-Rong Liu

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 164 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiuli HaoState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jiaojiao ZhuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Christopher RensingInstitute of Environmental Microbiology, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
Ying LiuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Shenghan GaoState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Wenli ChenState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Qiaoyun HuangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Yu-Rong LiuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNFujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metal(loid)s exert selective pressure on microbial communities and evolution of metal resistance determinants. Despite increasing knowledge concerning the impact of metal pollution on microbial community and ecological function, it is still a challenge to identify a consistent pattern of microbial community composition along gradients of elevated metal(loid)s in natural environments. Further, our current knowledge of the microbial metal resistome at the community level has been lagging behind compared to the state-of-the-art genetic profiling of bacterial metal resistance mechanisms in a pure culture system. This review provides an overview of the core metal resistant microbiome, development of metal resistance strategies, and potential factors driving the diversity and distribution of metal resistance determinants in natural environments. The impacts of biotic factors regulating the bacterial metal resistome are highlighted. We finally discuss the advances in multiple technologies, research challenges, and future directions to better understand the interface of the environmental microbiome with the metal resistome. This review aims to highlight the diversity and wide distribution of heavy metal(loid)s and their corresponding resistance determinants, helping to better understand the resistance strategy at the community level.

Indexed as

ArsenicBiotic selectionCopper and silverDistribution patternHeavy metal(loid) resistant microbiotaMercuryMetal resistomeZinc, lead and cadmium

Identifiers

PMID33425244
PMCPMC7771044
OpenAlexW3112571411

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