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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2022

Addressing the energy crisis: using microbes to make biofuels.

Juan L Ramos, Ben Pakuts, Patricia Godoy, Ana García-Franco, Estrella Duque

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing 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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Sustainable energy storage:RSC advances · 2024
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  5. Weaponising microbes for peace.Microbial biotechnology · 2023
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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.

Juan L RamosEstación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8731-7435
Ben PakutsUniversity Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Patricia GodoyEstación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain.
Ana García-FrancoEstación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain.
Estrella DuqueEstación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much of the energy being used to power our lives comes from fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and petroleum. These energy sources are non-renewable, are being exhausted and also pollute the air, water and soil with toxic chemicals. Their mining, transportation, refining and use are associated with a large carbon footprint that contributes significantly to global warming. In addition, the geopolitical complexities surrounding the main fossil fuel producers create risks and uncertainties around the world. Replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable forms of energy is paramount to creating a sustainable and healthy future, and for laying the foundations for global political stability and prosperity. Using biomass from plants, microbes can produce biofuels that are identical to or perform as well as fossil fuels. In addition of creating sustainable energy, advancing the biofuel industry will create new, high-quality rural jobs whilst improving energy security.

Indexed as

BiofuelsFossil FuelsBiomassBiofuelsFossil Fuels

Identifiers

PMID35298878
PMCPMC8966017

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