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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2026

Slicing overcomes the bacterial cell wall barrier to fluorescence

Jennifer Gundrum, S Tabita Ramirez-Puebla, Jessica L Mark Welch, Gary G Borisy

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2026. 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

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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

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.

Jennifer GundrumADA Forsyth Institute, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8136-2537
S Tabita Ramirez-PueblaADA Forsyth Institute, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2700-4955
Jessica L Mark WelchADA Forsyth Institute, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.
Gary G BorisyADA Forsyth Institute, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

Spatial Organization of the Oral MicrobiomeR01DE022586 · NIDCR · MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY · PI Jessica Leigh Mark Welch · 2013 to 2026
$8.7M
Spectral Confocal Imaging Instrumentation for Forsyth Advanced Microscopy Core S10OD034405 · OD · ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC. · PI BORISY, GARY G · 2023 to 2023
$600k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022586NIH HHS R01DE022586NIH HHS S10 OD034405NIH HHS S10OD034405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simultaneous visualization of all bacterial species in a polymicrobial biofilm by fluorescence IMPORTANCE: It has long been recognized that the major barrier to efficient

Indexed as

BacteriaCell WallGram-Positive BacteriaIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceBiofilmscell wallconfocal microscopyfluorescence in situ hybridizationGram-positive bacteriaimagingmicrobial ecologypolymicrobial biofilmsectioning

Identifiers

PMID41369196
PMCPMC12772237

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