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ReviewJournal of biosciences2021

Diatoms: Miniscule biological entities with immense importance in synthesis of targeted novel bioparticles and biomonitoring.

Rohan Kr Biswas, Avik Kumar Choudhury

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Review in Journal of biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing 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

1 citing paper 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

2 authors.

Rohan Kr BiswasDepartment of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata 700 118, India.
Avik Kumar Choudhury

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatoms are the most abundant microscopic unicellular protists in natural lotic ecosystems. They are the major component of the producer community in aquatic ecosystems that also play important roles in biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology and overall ecosystem functioning. In recent times as ultrastructural details of diatom frustule has been established, it has become evident that frustule nanoscale structures play a significant role in adsorption and bioaccumulation of heavy metals. Physical processes like bioaccumulation in conjunction with cell surface ligands and functional groups allow diatoms to convert toxic forms of metals to their more utilizable forms. This unique aspect of diatom has been exploited in recent times for the synthesis of novel nanoparticles under

Indexed as

Adaptation, BiologicalBiological MonitoringBiotechnologyDiatomsEcosystemMetalsNanoparticlesPhytoplanktonWater Pollutants, ChemicalMetalsWater Pollutants, Chemical

Identifiers

PMID34815372

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Registered trials

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