You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
The characterization and description of representatives of ‘G’ bacteria from activated sludge plants
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Letters in Applied Microbiology, October 2003
|
| DOI | 10.1046/j.1472-765x.1997.00176.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
L. L. Blackall, S. Rossetti, C. Christensson, M. Cunningham, P. Hartman, P. Hugenholtz, V. Tandoi |
| Abstract |
The name Tetracoccus cechii is proposed for two strains of the tetrad arranged cocci, previously known as 'G' bacteria, which were isolated from laboratory scale activated sludge plants in the Czech Republic and in Italy. They were morphologically, phenotypically and phylogenetically characterized and found to comprise a novel lineage in the alpha-3 group of the proteobacterial phylum in the domain Bacteria. The strains are Gram-negative and produce intracellular inclusions of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate. Although commonly seen in activated sludge mixed liquor as cocci 1-2 microns in diameter, arranged in tetrads, in pure culture they can also grow in amorphous aggregations and the cells are generally more variable in their size and shape with coccobacilli as well as cocci being present. They are not able to grow phototrophically, nor can they reduce nitrate beyond nitrite nor grow anaerobically. The closest phylogenetic neighbours of T. cechii are Rhodobacter sphaeroides and R. capsulatus which are 93% similar by 16S rDNA comparison. Tetracoccus cechii is oxidase- and catalase-positive, non-motile and has an optimal growth temperature between 25 degrees and 35 degrees C. The 16S rRNA of T. cechii has a 21 nucleotide deletion in the V9 region (Escherichia coli positions 1258-1278) and this feature is a unique molecular synapomorphy in the alpha-3 group. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 18 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 17 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 22% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 33% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 28% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2019.
All research outputs
#7,453,827
of 22,787,797 outputs
Outputs from Letters in Applied Microbiology
#625
of 2,068 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#17,977
of 52,604 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Letters in Applied Microbiology
#22
of 68 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,787,797 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 44th percentile – i.e., 44% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,068 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.2. This one is in the 34th percentile – i.e., 34% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 52,604 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 12th percentile – i.e., 12% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 68 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 7th percentile – i.e., 7% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.