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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2023

The Effect of Outer Space and Other Environmental Cues on Bacterial Conjugation.

Bar Piscon, Eliana Pia Esposito, Boris Fichtman, Guy Samburski, Lihi Efremushkin, Shimon Amselem, Amnon Harel, Galia Rahav, Raffaele Zarrilli, Ohad Gal-Mor

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2023. 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
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bar PisconThe Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Eliana Pia EspositoDepartment of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Boris FichtmanAzrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Guy SamburskiSpacePharma R&D Israel LTD., Herzliya Pituach, Israel & SpacePharma SA, Courgenay, Switzerland.
Lihi EfremushkinSpacePharma R&D Israel LTD., Herzliya Pituach, Israel & SpacePharma SA, Courgenay, Switzerland.
Shimon AmselemSpacePharma R&D Israel LTD., Herzliya Pituach, Israel & SpacePharma SA, Courgenay, Switzerland.
Amnon HarelAzrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Galia RahavThe Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Raffaele ZarrilliDepartment of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-9032
Ohad Gal-MorThe Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2540-6790
Tel Aviv University · ILBar-Ilan University · ILUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial conjugation is one of the most abundant horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanisms, playing a fundamental role in prokaryote evolution. A better understanding of bacterial conjugation and its cross talk with the environment is needed for a more complete understanding of HGT mechanisms and to fight the dissemination of malicious genes between bacteria. Here, we studied the effect of outer space, microgravity, and additional key environmental cues on transfer (

Indexed as

Conjugation, GeneticCuesBacteriaGene Transfer, HorizontalPlasmidsconjugationconjugative pilienvironmental cuesGram-negative bacteriaHGTmicrogravityouter spaceplasmidT4SStra genes

Identifiers

PMID36995224
PMCPMC10269834
OpenAlexW4361270679

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