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ReviewBiometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine1996

Microbial interactions with aluminium.

R G Piña, C Cervantes

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Review in Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 238 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R G PiñaInstituto de Investigaciones Quimico-Biologicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico.
C Cervantes
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although aluminium is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, it lacks biological functions and shows a low bioavailability. Acid rain, however, solubilizes aluminium to toxic levels. Most research on the biological effects of aluminium has been centred on the analysis of aluminium-tolerant plants as well as its possible relationship with neurological disorders in humans. Also, several studies have been reported concerning aluminium effects on microorganisms, with more interest directed to cyanobacteria, soil bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. Competition with iron and magnesium, and binding to DNA, membranes or cell walls are considered the main toxic effects of aluminium in microbes.

Indexed as

AluminumBacteriaBiological AvailabilityDrug ToleranceFungiMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAluminum

Identifiers

PMID8696081
OpenAlexW2028645632

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