Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40788184›Full record

ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Madhan Tirumalai, Sahar Ali, George E Fox, William Widger

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Madhan TirumalaiDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5999-333X
Sahar AliDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
George E FoxDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7767-8387
William WidgerDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8387-8074

Funding

National Science Foundation NSF-MCB-EAGER 2227347University of Houston University of Houston's Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) Seed Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Space missions or spacecraft equipment destined for sensitive environments, such as Mars, Europa, or Enceladus, are required to be designed to avoid forward contamination. Spacecraft are assembled in clean rooms (SACs) employing treatments to eliminate microbial contamination. However, some organisms can survive the cleaning procedures. Characterization of these populations, through both culture-based and sequencing methods, reveals that the majority consists of spore-forming bacteria. However, a smaller group of non-spore-forming organisms, primarily classified within the order

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ActinobacteriaSpacecraftBacterial ProteinsBacterial Proteinsastrobiologybacterial dormancyclean roomshuman built environmentsplanetary protectionresuscitationspacecraft assembly facilities

Identifiers

PMID40788184
PMCPMC12403811

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