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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022

Genetic Regulation of Alginate Production in

Cinthia Núñez, Liliana López-Pliego, Carlos Leonel Ahumada-Manuel, Miguel Castañeda

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2026
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  4. Advances in alginate biosynthesis: regulation and production inFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cinthia NúñezDepartamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Liliana López-PliegoCentro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Carlos Leonel Ahumada-ManuelDepartamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Miguel CastañedaCentro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginates are a family of polymers composed of guluronate and mannuronate monomers joined by β (1-4) links. The different types of alginates have variations in their monomer content and molecular weight, which determine the rheological properties and their applications. In industry, alginates are commonly used as additives capable of viscosifying, stabilizing, emulsifying, and gelling aqueous solutions. Recently, additional specialized biomedical uses have been reported for this polymer. Currently, the production of alginates is based on the harvesting of seaweeds; however, the composition and structure of the extracts are highly variable. The production of alginates for specialized applications requires a precise composition of monomers and molecular weight, which could be achieved using bacterial production systems such as those based on

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alginateAzotobacter vinelandiic-di-GMPGacS/A-Rsmgenetic regulation

Identifiers

PMID35401471
PMCPMC8988225
OpenAlexW4220905793

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