Everything about MIC

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: MICA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Antibiotic susceptibility testing using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assaysInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Men who are making AmericaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substancesCited 5,612 times
5. Go sideways: Microbial corrosionA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: CICA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances

  Irith Wiegand, Kai Hilpert, Robert E W Hancock · 2008 · Nature Protocols · 5,612 citations

• Tumour-derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation

  Veronika Groh, Jennifer Wu, Cassian Yee · 2002 · Nature · 1,381 citations

• MIC-1, a novel macrophage inhibitory cytokine, is a divergent member of the TGF-β superfamily

  Michelle R. Bootcov, Asne R. Bauskin, Stella M. Valenzuela · 1997 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,113 citations

• Rapid, Low-Technology MIC Determination with Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay

  Scott G. Franzblau, Richard S. Witzig, James C. McLaughlin · 1998 · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 837 citations

• Costimulation of CD8αβ T cells by NKG2D via engagement by MIC induced on virus-infected cells

  Veronika Groh, Rebecca Rhinehart, Julie Randolph-Habecker · 2001 · Nature Immunology · 790 citations

• Relationship of MIC and Bactericidal Activity to Efficacy of Vancomycin for Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

  George Sakoulas, Pamela A. Moise-Broder, Jerome Schentag · 2004 · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 708 citations

• Tumor-induced anorexia and weight loss are mediated by the TGF-β superfamily cytokine MIC-1

  Heiko Johnen, Shu Lin, Tamara Kuffner · 2007 · Nature Medicine · 587 citations

• Altered Brain Serotonin Homeostasis and Locomotor Insensitivity to 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“Ecstasy”) in Serotonin Transporter-Deficient Mic

  Dietmar Bengel, Dennis L. Murphy, Anne M. Andrews · 1998 · Molecular Pharmacology · 586 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Antibiotic susceptibility testing using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays

  Nikol Kadeřábková, Ayesha J. S. Mahmood, Despoina A. I. Mavridou · 2024 · npj Antimicrobials and Resistance · 234 citations

• The magnetic field and multiple planets of the young dwarf AU Mic

  J-F Donati, P I Cristofari, B Finociety · 2023 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 82 citations

• A review of risk-based decision-making models for microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in offshore pipelines

  Mohammad Yazdi, Faisal Khan, Rouzbeh Abbassi · 2022 · Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 80 citations

• Comparison of disk diffusion, MIC test strip and broth microdilution methods for cefiderocol susceptibility testing on carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales

  Rémy A. Bonnin, Cécile Emeraud, Agnès B. Jousset · 2022 · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 78 citations

• Automatic captioning for medical imaging (MIC): a rapid review of literature

  Djamila-Romaissa Beddiar, Mourad Oussalah, Tapio Seppänen · 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Review · 74 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Men who are making AmericaB. C. Forbes · 1917
• Singersongwriters And Musical Open MicsMarcus Aldredge · 2013
• Late Victorian HolocaustsMike Davis · 2001
• Desarrollo a escala humanaManfred A. Max-Neef · 1994
• Fronteras de La Economia del DesarrolloGerald Meier · 2003
• 📕Press statementV. T. Sambanthan · 1973
• Bibliotheca epidemiographicaHeinrich Haeser · 1862
• 📕Re-branding MICMIC (Organization) · 2009

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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