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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022

Tripartite Symbiotic Digestion of Lignocellulose in the Digestive System of a Fungus-Growing Termite.

Farhan Ahmad, Guiying Yang, Yaning Zhu, Michael Poulsen, Wuhan Li, Ting Yu, Jianchu Mo

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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 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Farhan Ahmad *Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-7684-8097
Guiying Yang *Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Yaning ZhuMinistry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Michael PoulsenSection for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagengrid.5254.6, Copenhagen East, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2839-1715
Wuhan LiMinistry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Ting YuMinistry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Jianchu MoMinistry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Universitygrid.13402.34, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5066-0734
Zhejiang University · CNUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungus-growing termites are efficient in degrading and digesting plant substrates, achieved through the engagement of symbiotic gut microbiota and lignocellulolytic

Indexed as

IsopteraLigninAnimalsBacteriaDigestionDigestive SystemEcosystemFungiRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSugarsSymbiosisLigninlignocelluloseRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSugarsbacteriabioconversionlignocelluloseOdontotermes formosanussymbiosisTermitomyces

Identifiers

PMID36250871
PMCPMC9769757
OpenAlexW4306409998

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