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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022

High-Throughput Time-Lapse Fluorescence Microscopy Screening for Heterogeneously Expressed Genes in Bacillus subtilis.

Julien Mortier, Stefanie Van Riet, Diana Senovilla Herrero, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Abram Aertsen

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julien Mortier *Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Stefanie Van Riet *Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Diana Senovilla HerreroDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Kristof VanoirbeekDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abram AertsenDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-2305
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating phenotypic heterogeneity in clonal bacterial populations is important for both the fundamental understanding of bacterial behavior and the synthetic engineering of bacteria in biotechnology. In this study, we present and validate a high-throughput and high-resolution time-lapse fluorescence microscopy-based strategy to easily and systematically screen for heterogeneously expressed genes in the Bacillus subtilis model bacterium. This screen allows detection of expression patterns at high spatial and temporal resolution, which often escape detection by other approaches, and can readily be extrapolated to other bacteria. A proof-of-concept screening in B. subtilis revealed both recognized and yet unrecognized heterogeneously expressed genes, thereby validating the approach.

Indexed as

Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMicroscopy, FluorescenceTime-Lapse ImagingBacterial ProteinsBacillus subtilisgene expressionpopulation heterogeneitytime-lapse fluorescence microscopy

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PMID35171018
PMCPMC8849057
OpenAlexW4213090475

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