Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41853717›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026

Multi-guild microbial cooperation sustains long-term anaerobic toluene degradation through sulfur cycling.

Bruna Matturro, Matteo Tucci, Andrea Firrincieli, Luca Niccolini, Verónica Peña-Álvarez, Marco Resitano, Martina Trinchillo, Ana Isabel Peláez, Simona Rossetti, Maurizio Petruccioli and 2 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

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

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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

12 authors.

Bruna Matturro *Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Matteo Tucci *Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Andrea FirrincieliDepartment for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
Luca NiccoliniWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Verónica Peña-ÁlvarezArea of Microbiology, Department of Functional Biology and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Marco ResitanoWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Martina TrinchilloWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Ana Isabel PeláezArea of Microbiology, Department of Functional Biology and Environmental Biogeochemistry and Raw Materials Group, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Simona RossettiWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Maurizio PetruccioliDepartment for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
Carolina Cruz ViggiWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.
Federico AulentaWater Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene plays a critical role in the natural and engineered attenuation of contaminated environments. Here, we developed and characterized a microbial consortium enriched under strictly anoxic conditions, capable of sustained toluene degradation through sulfate reduction. By integrating biodegradation kinetics, long-read 16S rRNA profiling, and genome-resolved metagenomics, we elucidated the structure and function of a multi-guild community. The consortium was co-dominated by

Indexed as

anaerobic biodegradationenvironmental microbiologyhydrocarbon-contaminated aquifersmetagenomicssulfate-reducing bacteriasulfur redox cyclingsyntrophic consortia

Identifiers

PMID41853717
PMCPMC12992304

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.