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ReviewBiology2021

Toward the Enhancement of Microalgal Metabolite Production through Microalgae-Bacteria Consortia.

Lina Maria González-González, Luz E de-Bashan

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In one paragraph

Review in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic Review: Long-Read Sequencing in Algal Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  19. Growth Characteristics of aLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Lina Maria González-GonzálezThe Bashan Institute of Science, 1730 Post Oak Ct, Auburn, AL 36830, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1793-7951
Luz E de-BashanThe Bashan Institute of Science, 1730 Post Oak Ct, Auburn, AL 36830, USA.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered mutualistic consortia of microalgae and bacteria may be a means of assembling a novel combination of metabolic capabilities with potential biotechnological advantages. Microalgae are promising organisms for the sustainable production of metabolites of commercial interest, such as lipids, carbohydrates, pigments, and proteins. Several studies reveal that microalgae growth and cellular storage of these metabolites can be enhanced significantly by co-cultivation with growth-promoting bacteria. This review summarizes the state of the art of microalgae-bacteria consortia for the production of microalgal metabolites. We discuss the current knowledge on microalgae-bacteria mutualism and the mechanisms of bacteria to enhance microalgae metabolism. Furthermore, the potential routes for a microalgae-bacteria biorefinery are outlined in an attempt to overcome the economic failures and negative energy balances of the existing production processes.

Indexed as

biorefinerygrowth-promoting bacteriametabolitesmicroalgaemutualism

Identifiers

PMID33915681
PMCPMC8065533
OpenAlexW3143606184

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