Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40496336›Full record

ArticleBiofilm2025

Assessing the impact of UV-C exposure on pre-existing cultured marine diatom biofilms.

Kailey N Richard, Andrew Palmer, Geoffrey Swain, Kelli Z Hunsucker

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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 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kailey N RichardDepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, University Blvd, Melbourne, United States.
Andrew PalmerDepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, University Blvd, Melbourne, United States.
Geoffrey SwainDepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, University Blvd, Melbourne, United States.
Kelli Z HunsuckerDepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, University Blvd, Melbourne, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) has been considered as a potential tool in the maintenance and prevention of marine biofouling. However, it is unclear how irradiation disturbs biofouling, specifically biofilms, or the duration and frequency needed to reduce or eliminate their growth. The marine diatom,

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BiofilmsDoseDuty cycleUV-C

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PMID40496336
PMCPMC12151238

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