Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41773866›Full record

ArticlemBio2026

João Borralho, João Lança, Joana Bryton, Wilson Antunes, Raquel Sá-Leão

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Article in mBio, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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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

5 authors.

João BorralhoLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0008-7160-1889
João LançaLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Joana BrytonLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Wilson AntunesCentro de Investigação da Academia Militar (CINAMIL), Unidade Militar Laboratorial de Defesa Biológica e Química (UMLDBQ), Av. Dr. Alfredo Bensaúde, Lisbon, Portugal.
Raquel Sá-LeãoLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9804-827X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural competence allows bacterial species like IMPORTANCE: Many streptococci are naturally competent, acquiring environmental DNA through transformation. This includes pathogens like

Indexed as

BacteriocinsBacteriolysisStreptococcus mitisStreptococcus pneumoniaeTransformation, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsDNA Transformation CompetenceGene Transfer, HorizontalHumansBacterial ProteinsBacteriocinsbiofilmscompetencehorizontal gene transferinterspecies interactionspredation

Identifiers

PMID41773866
PMCPMC13059744

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