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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Butanol Synthesis Routes for Biofuel Production: Trends and Perspectives.

Beata Kolesinska, Justyna Fraczyk, Michal Binczarski, Magdalena Modelska, Joanna Berlowska, Piotr Dziugan, Hubert Antolak, Zbigniew J Kaminski, Izabela A Witonska, Dorota Kregiel

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In one paragraph

Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Direct Production of 2-Butanol from Glucose by RecombinantInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Genetic sensor-regulators functional in Clostridia.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2020
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  8. Biological Activity of Hydrophilic Extract ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beata KolesinskaInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. beata.kolesinska@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-4581-947X
Justyna FraczykInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. justyna.fraczyk@p.lodz.pl.
Michal BinczarskiInstitute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. michal.binczarski@p.lodz.pl.
Magdalena ModelskaInstitute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. modelska.magdalena89@gmail.com.
Joanna BerlowskaInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. joanna.berlowska@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-9465-4819
Piotr DziuganInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. piotr.dziugan@p.lodz.pl.
Hubert AntolakInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. hubert.antolak@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-3672-4249
Zbigniew J KaminskiInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. zbigniew.kaminski@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1914-3362
Izabela A WitonskaInstitute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. izabela.witonska@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-9593-5818
Dorota KregielInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. dorota.kregiel@p.lodz.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-4006-6464
Lodz University of Technology · PL

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju BIOSTRATEG2/296369/5/NCBR/2016.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Butanol has similar characteristics to gasoline, and could provide an alternative oxygenate to ethanol in blended fuels. Butanol can be produced either via the biotechnological route, using microorganisms such as clostridia, or by the chemical route, using petroleum. Recently, interest has grown in the possibility of catalytic coupling of bioethanol into butanol over various heterogenic systems. This reaction has great potential, and could be a step towards overcoming the disadvantages of bioethanol as a sustainable transportation fuel. This paper summarizes the latest research on butanol synthesis for the production of biofuels in different biotechnological and chemical ways; it also compares potentialities and limitations of these strategies.

Indexed as

acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentationbioethanolbiofuelbutanolClostridium spp.

Identifiers

PMID30678076
PMCPMC6384976
OpenAlexW2912579121

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