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ReviewPolymers2021

Biomedical Applications of Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: A Review.

Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Retno Wahyu Nurhayati, Farhana Nazira Idris, Minh Hong Nguyen

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
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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

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Engineering Microbial Particles for Next-Generation Biomedical Platforms.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  11. A review on simultaneous use of microbes and biochar for removal of toxic heavy metals: Recent updates and future outlooks.Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025
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  14. Bacterial Heavy Metal Resistance in Contaminated Soil.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  17. Exploring the Osteoinductive Potential of Bacterial Pyomelanin Derived fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 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

4 authors.

Masrina Mohd NadzirSchool of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal 14300, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-5863
Retno Wahyu NurhayatiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia.
Farhana Nazira IdrisSchool of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal 14300, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-1250-4877
Minh Hong NguyenFaculty of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam.

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia 203/PJKIMIA/6071379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are an essential group of compounds secreted by bacteria. These versatile EPSs are utilized individually or in combination with different materials for a broad range of biomedical field functions. The various applications can be explained by the vast number of derivatives with useful properties that can be controlled. This review offers insight on the current research trend of nine commonly used EPSs, their biosynthesis pathways, their characteristics, and the biomedical applications of these relevant bioproducts.

Indexed as

alginatebacteriabiomedicalcellulosedextranexopolysaccharidesgellanhyaluronic acidlevanxanthan gum

Identifiers

PMID33578978
PMCPMC7916691

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