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ArticlemBio2026

Light-directed biofilm formation reveals the functional contributions of periplasmic cytochromes to the electrochemical activity of

Fengjie Zhao, Christina M Niman, Marko S Chavez, Joshua T Atkinson, Bridget E Conley, Jeffrey A Gralnick, James Q Boedicker, Mohamed Y El-Naggar

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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. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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

8 authors.

Fengjie Zhao *Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2279-5062
Christina M Niman *Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-4224-6057
Marko S ChavezDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3846-9749
Joshua T AtkinsonDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9293-4123
Bridget E ConleyBioTechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2986-764X
Jeffrey A GralnickBioTechnology Institute and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9250-7770
James Q BoedickerDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-3719
Mohamed Y El-NaggarDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5599-6309

Funding

National Science Foundation 2010604Office of Naval Research N00014-18-1-2632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Microbes capable of extracellular electron transfer (EET) are central to global biogeochemical cycles and emerging bioelectrochemical technologies. In the important model EET bacterium

Indexed as

BiofilmsCytochromesLightPeriplasmShewanellaElectron TransportCytochromesbiofilmsextracellular electron transferperiplasmic cytochromesShewanella oneidensis MR-1

Identifiers

PMID42461042
PMCPMC13463773

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