Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33722344›Full record

ArticleeLife2021

Swarming bacteria undergo localized dynamic phase transition to form stress-induced biofilms.

Iago Grobas, Marco Polin, Munehiro Asally

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Proliferating active matter.Nature reviews. Physics · 2023
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Iago GrobasWarwick Medical School, Universityof Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3609-8081
Marco Polin *Warwick Medical School, Universityof Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0623-3046
Munehiro Asally *Bio-Electrical Engineering Innovation Hub, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8273-7617
University of Warwick · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M017982/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M027503/1Medical Research Council MR/N014294/1Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC-2018-025345-I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-organized multicellular behaviors enable cells to adapt and tolerate stressors to a greater degree than isolated cells. However, whether and how cellular communities alter their collective behaviors adaptively upon exposure to stress is largely unclear. Here, we investigate this question using

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacillus subtilisBiofilmsCell CountCell MovementKanamycinModels, BiologicalStress, PhysiologicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsKanamycinactive matterantimicrobial resistancebiofilmsB. subtilisMotility Induced Phase Separationphysical biologyphysics of living systemsswarming

Identifiers

PMID33722344
PMCPMC7963483
OpenAlexW3138423363

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