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| Title |
Marine macroalgae: an untapped resource for producing fuels and chemicals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Biotechnology, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.10.009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Na Wei, Josh Quarterman, Yong-Su Jin |
| Abstract |
As world energy demand continues to rise and fossil fuel resources are depleted, marine macroalgae (i.e., seaweed) is receiving increasing attention as an attractive renewable source for producing fuels and chemicals. Marine plant biomass has many advantages over terrestrial plant biomass as a feedstock. Recent breakthroughs in converting diverse carbohydrates from seaweed biomass into liquid biofuels (e.g., bioethanol) through metabolic engineering have demonstrated potential for seaweed biomass as a promising, although relatively unexplored, source for biofuels. This review focuses on up-to-date progress in fermentation of sugars from seaweed biomass using either natural or engineered microbial cells, and also provides a comprehensive overview of seaweed properties, cultivation and harvesting methods, and major steps in the bioconversion of seaweed biomass to biofuels. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 13% |
| Nepal | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 815 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 791 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 148 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 139 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 115 | 14% |
| Researcher | 99 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 37 | 5% |
| Other | 115 | 14% |
| Unknown | 162 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 217 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 93 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 75 | 9% |
| Engineering | 71 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 6% |
| Other | 104 | 13% |
| Unknown | 203 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2022.
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#1,548,979
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Outputs from Trends in Biotechnology
#182
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#12,975
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#3
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Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,856 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its peers.
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