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ReviewMicroorganisms2019

Microbial Surfactants: The Next Generation Multifunctional Biomolecules for Applications in the Petroleum Industry and Its Associated Environmental Remediation.

Emmanuel O Fenibo, Grace N Ijoma, Ramganesh Selvarajan, Chioma B Chikere

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Review in Microorganisms, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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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

51 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Lipopeptides from Bacillus: unveiling biotechnological prospects-sources, properties, and diverse applications.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024
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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

4 authors.

Emmanuel O FeniboWorld Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Oilfield Chemical Research, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 500272, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-3017-6579
Grace N IjomaInstitute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Roodepoort 1709, South Africa.
Ramganesh SelvarajanDepartment of Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, Rooderpoort 1709, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7104-3599
Chioma B ChikereDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 500272, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surfactants are a broad category of tensio-active biomolecules with multifunctional properties applications in diverse industrial sectors and processes. Surfactants are produced synthetically and biologically. The biologically derived surfactants (biosurfactants) are produced from microorganisms, with

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biosurfactantsbiotechnological applicationsMEORsustainabilitysynthetic surfactants

Identifiers

PMID31752381
PMCPMC6920868

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