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ArticleBiofilm2025

The biofilm matrix protects

Erika Muratov, Julian Keilholz, Ákos T Kovács, Ralf Moeller

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Article in Biofilm, 2025. 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
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Bacilli the most important biocontrol agent in Brazilian agriculture: from mechanisms of action to market adoption.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Erika MuratovGerman Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Aerospace Microbiology Research Group, Linder Hoehe, Cologne (Köln), Germany.
Julian KeilholzGerman Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Aerospace Microbiology Research Group, Linder Hoehe, Cologne (Köln), Germany.
Ákos T KovácsInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, Netherlands.
Ralf MoellerGerman Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Aerospace Microbiology Research Group, Linder Hoehe, Cologne (Köln), Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms formed by

Indexed as

BiofilmB. subtilisEndosporesEPSExopolysaccharidesHydrogen peroxideOxidative stressROS

Identifiers

PMID40212916
PMCPMC11985004

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