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ArticleACS omega2020

From Organic Wastes to Bioplastics: Feasibility of Nonsterile Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Production by

Fahad Asiri, Chih-Hung Chen, Myung Hwangbo, Yiru Shao, Kung-Hui Chu

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing 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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Fahad AsiriZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3136, United States.
Chih-Hung ChenZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3136, United States.
Myung HwangboZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3136, United States.
Yiru ShaoZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3136, United States.
Kung-Hui ChuZachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3136, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-a renewable and biodegradable polymer-is a promising alternative to nonbiodegradable synthetic plastics that are derived from petrochemicals. The methods currently employed for PHB production are costly, in part, due to the expensive cultivation feedstocks and the need to sterilize the culture medium, which is energy-intensive. This study investigates the feasibility of nonsterile PHB production from several saline organic wastes using a salt-tolerant strain,

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PMID33015431
PMCPMC7528165

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