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ReviewBiotechnology for biofuels2021

Bioethanolic yeasts from dung beetles: tapping the potential of extremophilic yeasts for improvement of lignocellulolytic feedstock fermentation.

Anita Ejiro Nwaefuna, Karl Rumbold, Teun Boekhout, Nerve Zhou

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Review in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. A LignocellulolyticJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anita Ejiro NwaefunaDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana. anita.nwaefuna@studentmail.biust.ac.bw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-1190
Karl RumboldIndustrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Teun BoekhoutWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 3584CT, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Nerve ZhouDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana. zhoun@biust.ac.bw.

Funding

Botswana International University of Science and Technology DVC/RDI/2/1/7 V(62)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioethanol from abundant and inexpensive agricultural and industrial wastes possesses the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bioethanol as renewable fuel addresses elevated production costs, as well as food security concerns. Although technical advancements in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation have reduced the cost of production, one major drawback of this technology is that the pre-treatment process creates environmental stressors inhibitory to fermentative yeasts subsequently reducing bioethanol productivity. Robust fermentative yeasts with extreme stress tolerance remain limited. This review presents the potential of dung beetles from pristine and unexplored environments as an attractive source of extremophilic bioethanolic yeasts. Dung beetles survive on a recalcitrant lignocellulose-rich diet suggesting the presence of symbiotic yeasts with a cellulolytic potential. Dung beetles inhabiting extreme stress environments have the potential to harbour yeasts with the ability to withstand inhibitory environmental stresses typically associated with bioethanol production. The review further discusses established methods used to isolate bioethanolic yeasts, from dung beetles.

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Bioethanol productionDung beetlesExtremophilic traitFermentationYeasts

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PMID33827664
PMCPMC8028181

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