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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Antimicrobial Compounds in the Volatilome of Social Spider Communities.

Alexander Lammers, Hans Zweers, Tobias Sandfeld, Trine Bilde, Paolina Garbeva, Andreas Schramm, Michael Lalk

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Alexander LammersDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry and Metabolomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Hans ZweersDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands.
Tobias SandfeldSection for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Trine BildeSection for Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Paolina GarbevaDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands.
Andreas SchrammSection for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Michael LalkDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry and Metabolomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social arthropods such as termites, ants, and bees are among others the most successful animal groups on earth. However, social arthropods face an elevated risk of infections due to the dense colony structure, which facilitates pathogen transmission. An interesting hypothesis is that social arthropods are protected by chemical compounds produced by the arthropods themselves, microbial symbionts, or plants they associate with.

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antimicrobialchemical ecologysocial arthropodsStegodyphus dumicolavolatile organic compound

Identifiers

PMID34504476
PMCPMC8422909

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