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Submited on: 27 May 2013 08:34:34 AM GMT
Published on: 27 May 2013 12:18:34 PM GMT
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they? Unfortunately not mentioned in the paper.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one. Not applicable, as is a review
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Unfortunately not mentioned in the paper.
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Not applicable, as is a review
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
Not applicable, as is a review
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Not applicable, as is a review
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
Not applicable, as is a review.
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
Yes, because such knowledge could provide rational starting points for the design of novel antimicrobial agents, especially in connection with their iron requirement.
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Other Comments: 1. The references should be updated, 2011-2013 and No. 18 is incomplete.2. In Figure 7 not mentioned bands corresponding to lanes 3 and 4 (figure 7a).
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
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References:
No
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I worked for 20 years in the area of Microbilogía.
- How to cite: Garcia G .Ferripyoverdine Receptors: A Probable Entrance Route for the good, the bad and the ugly[Review of the article 'Ferripyoverdine Receptors: A Probable Entrance Route for the good, the bad and the ugly ' by Osayande J].WebmedCentral 2013;4(5):WMCRW002749
The paper claim the discovery of variants of ferripyoverdine. However, this was not shown, neither the process in which these variants would have been discovered
Cant say without knowing what they are
Not applicable
There were no results
None was provided
No methodology was menentioned save "using pcr" which was not described further
Not applicable
The paper is not complete
Poorly writen or probably author want to serieliased findings.
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Clinical Microbiologist with experience in molecular and biotechnological techniques
Responded by Dr. Julie O Osayande on 02 Jul 2013 06:01:32 AM