Speaking as the author of the article in question...
Research is often announced not only in peer-reviewed journals, but also in poster sessions. There, inquiring minds can get any findings reviewed by dozens to hundreds of scientists passing by.
There is, btw, documentation about this research, if you looked hard enough -- an abstract about the research can be found on page 26 of the program book for the conference: http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/CCPAGECONTENT/docfile name/0000020093/Program%20Book.pdf
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Speaking as the author of the article in question...
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Research is often announced not only in peer-reviewed journals, but also in poster sessions. There, inquiring minds can get any findings reviewed by dozens to hundreds of scientists passing by.
There is, btw, documentation about this research, if you looked hard enough -- an abstract about the research can be found on page 26 of the program book for the conference: http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/CCPAGECONTENT/docfil