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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Catabolic Division of Labor Enhances Production of D-Lactate and Succinate From Glucose-Xylose Mixtures in Engineered

Andrew D Flores, Hyun G Choi, Rodrigo Martinez, Moses Onyeabor, E Zeynep Ayla, Amanda Godar, Michael Machas, David R Nielsen, Xuan Wang

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew D FloresChemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Hyun G ChoiSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Rodrigo MartinezSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Moses OnyeaborSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
E Zeynep AylaChemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Amanda GodarSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Michael MachasChemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
David R NielsenChemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Xuan WangSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
Arizona State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although biological upgrading of lignocellulosic sugars represents a promising and sustainable route to bioplastics, diverse and variable feedstock compositions (e.g., glucose from the cellulose fraction and xylose from the hemicellulose fraction) present several complex challenges. Specifically, sugar mixtures are often incompletely metabolized due to carbon catabolite repression while composition variability further complicates the optimization of co-utilization rates. Benefiting from several unique features including division of labor, increased metabolic diversity, and modularity, synthetic microbial communities represent a promising platform with the potential to address persistent bioconversion challenges. In this work, two unique and catabolically orthogonal

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biomass conversionco-culturedivision of laborlactatesuccinate

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PMID32432089
PMCPMC7214542
OpenAlexW3016012573

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