Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41571651›Full record

ReviewNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2026

Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support.

Katherine J Baxter, Eszter Sas, Kevin B Clark, Michaela Walsh, Nikhil Pradeep, Alavia Batool, Charles Naney, Miguel Angel Vargas Cruz, Niamh Kennerdale, Kajari Das and 13 more

Abstract readReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2026. 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
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

  1. Review
  2. TheApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
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

23 authors.

Katherine J BaxterSchool of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Katherine.Baxter@glasgow.ac.uk.
Eszter SasDepartment of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland.
Kevin B ClarkCures Within Reach, Chicago, IL, USA.
Michaela WalshCentre for Physics in Health and Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Nikhil PradeepBlue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Alavia BatoolSchool of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Charles NaneyDepartment of Biology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Miguel Angel Vargas CruzGrupo Alianza Empresarial, Mexico City, Mexico.
Niamh KennerdaleKinray Hub, Cotacachi, Ecuador.
Kajari DasDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Basic Science and Humanities, OUAT (Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Zhihan ShiJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Anish KelamGeorgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Vandana VermaSpace Biosciences, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.
Marta Filipa SimõesState Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR, China.
Dirk NeefsDepartment of Biomedical Surgical and Dental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano "La Statale", Milan, Italy.
Vinothkannan RavichandranAmity Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology & Center for Drug Discovery and Development (CD3), Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Madhan R TirumalaiDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Borja Barbero BarcenillaBiochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Guerrino MacoriSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Emmanuel GonzalezMcGill Centre for Microbiome Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Benjamin SikesDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Fathi KarouiaSpace Blue Marble Institute of Science, Exobiology Branch NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.
Nicholas J B BreretonSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. nicholas.brereton@ucd.ie.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms are intricately associated with life on Earth, enabling functions essential to human and plant systems, but their susceptibility to spaceflight stressors and functional disruption in space remains incompletely understood. During spaceflight, biofilms have largely been considered as potential infrastructure, life support or infection risks. This review focuses on the prevailing beneficial roles of biofilms in human and plant health, and examines evidence of biofilm adaptability in space environments.

Indexed as

BiofilmsHumansPlantsSpace Flight

Identifiers

PMID41571651
PMCPMC12828010

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.