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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Sporulation modulates viscoelastic development through extracellular matrix restructuring in

Nicolas A Ducharme, Joseph W Larkin

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicolas A DucharmeDepartment of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4720-6095
Joseph W LarkinDepartment of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5660-0246

Funding

From cell-to-cell heterogeneity to collective behaviors in bacterial biofilmsR35GM142584 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI LARKIN, JOSEPH W · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilm formation-the establishment of cellular communities within a self-secreted polymer matrix-is a behavior exhibited by almost all species of bacteria. Bacterial biofilms are well described as viscoelastic materials, with properties that grant physical advantages, such as elastic resilience and viscous adaptability. Additionally, many biofilm-forming species produce a subpopulation of highly resilient spores. In the model biofilm- and spore-forming species

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PMID42818238
PMCPMC13622203

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