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ReviewJournal of bacteriology2026

Dimensional analysis as a tool for biofilm comparative analysis: bridging the interdisciplinary divides.

Chelsea M Middleton, A-Andrew D Jones

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Review in Journal of bacteriology, 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

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Chelsea M MiddletonDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-2472-5581
A-Andrew D JonesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3840-8039

Funding

Developing platforms for studying the impact of external stresses on multispecies biofilms.R35GM142898 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, AKHENATON-ANDREW DHAFIR · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
National Science Foundation EEC-2133504NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142898NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM142898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms are the predominant lifestyle for bacteria. Biofilm abundance makes understanding their behavior important for different research domains. These domains can have different information and reporting standards. Information reporting standards have been proposed for some biofilm research methods. Standard methods and consensus standards have also been promulgated. We propose dimensional analysis to encourage abundant information reporting and facilitate comparative analysis. Dimensional analysis utilizes physical system parameters to generate generalizable model data. We review dimensionless quantities that can be applied to biofilm studies. We suggest dimensionless quantities for existing standards, with three examples using dimensional analysis to quantitatively compare literature data.

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Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaBiofilmsBacteriabiofilmscomparative analysisdimensional analysisstandard methods

Identifiers

PMID42565849
PMCPMC13584748

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