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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2017

The contribution of microbial biotechnology to economic growth and employment creation.

Kenneth Timmis, Victor de Lorenzo, Willy Verstraete, Juan Luis Ramos, Antoine Danchin, Harald Brüssow, Brajesh K Singh, James Kenneth Timmis

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Weaponising microbes for peace.Microbial biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kenneth TimmisInstitute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Victor de LorenzoCentro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain.
Willy VerstraeteCenter for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Juan Luis RamosEstacion Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain.
Antoine DanchinICAN, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Harald BrüssowChaumeny, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland.
Brajesh K SinghHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, SA, Australia.
James Kenneth TimmisStudent MSc Health Policy, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7773-0859

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our communication discusses the profound impact of bio-based economies - in particular microbial biotechnologies - on SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. A bio-based economy provides significant potential for improving labour supply, education and investment, and thereby for substantially increasing the demographic dividend. This, in turn, improves the sustainable development of economies.

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BiotechnologyEconomic DevelopmentEmploymentHumansIndustrial MicrobiologyWorkforce

Identifiers

PMID28868756
PMCPMC5609265

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