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ArticleJournal of medical microbiology2026

Microbial profiling of five traditional Chinese medicines: culture-based identification vs. 16S rRNA sequencing.

Banzhan Ruan, Shi Li, Caixia Chen, Bingshu Wang, Xueyin Wang, Le Du, Qibing Liang, Chunyan Feng, Shaojiang Zheng

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Article in Journal of medical 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.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Banzhan RuanKey Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Biological Sample Resources of Major Diseases, Hainan Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, PR China.
Shi LiDepartment of Urology, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou Zhejiang 325005, PR China.
Caixia ChenHainan Inspection and Testing Institute, Haikou 570311, PR China.
Bingshu WangKey Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Biological Sample Resources of Major Diseases, Hainan Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, PR China.
Xueyin WangHainan Inspection and Testing Institute, Haikou 570311, PR China.
Le DuDepartment of Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, PR China.
Qibing LiangHainan Inspection and Testing Institute, Haikou 570311, PR China.
Chunyan FengHainan Center for Drug Inspection, Haikou 571199, PR China.
Shaojiang ZhengKey Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Biological Sample Resources of Major Diseases, Hainan Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, PR China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BacteriaDrugs, Chinese HerbalMedicine, Chinese TraditionalChinaDNA, BacterialDrug ContaminationHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialDrugs, Chinese HerbalRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNA sequencingEnterobactermicrobial contaminationmicrobial profilingtraditional Chinese medicinesVITEK

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PMID41915421
PMCPMC13038136

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