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ReviewViruses2021

Phage phiKZ-The First of Giants.

Victor Krylov, Maria Bourkaltseva, Elena Pleteneva, Olga Shaburova, Sergey Krylov, Alexander Karaulov, Sergey Zhavoronok, Oxana Svitich, Vitaly Zverev

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In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The biology of jumbo phages.Nature communications · 2026
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  6. The Lysis cassette of jumbophage PhiKZ.Scientific reports · 2026
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  10. The Lysis Cassette of Jumbophage phiKZ.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  11. The Biology of Nucleus-Forming Jumbo Phages.Annual review of genetics · 2025
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  12. Phage susceptibility to a minimal, modular synthetic CRISPR-Cas system inPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  13. [Basic knowledge of phages and their therapeutic application].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025
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  16. Complete genome sequences of threeMicrobiology resource announcements · 2024
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Victor KrylovI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Maria BourkaltsevaI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Elena PletenevaI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Olga ShaburovaI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Sergey KrylovI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Alexander KaraulovDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 119146 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-1930-5424
Sergey ZhavoronokDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Belarusian State Medical University, 220116 Minsk, Belarus.
Oxana SvitichI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Vitaly ZverevI.I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines & Sera, 105064 Moscow, Russia.
Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera. Mechnikov of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences · RUSechenov University · RUBelarusian State Medical University · BY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The paper covers the history of the discovery and description of phiKZ, the first known giant bacteriophage active on

Indexed as

Genome, ViralCryoelectron MicroscopyPhage TherapyPhylogenyPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas Phagesgiant phagesinner bodyphage particles structurephage phiKZphage therapypseudolysogenyPseudomonas

Identifiers

PMID33498475
PMCPMC7909554
OpenAlexW3124267944

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Registered trials

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