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| Title |
Electrifying microbes for the production of chemicals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00201 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pier-Luc Tremblay, Tian Zhang |
| Abstract |
Powering microbes with electrical energy to produce valuable chemicals such as biofuels has recently gained traction as a biosustainable strategy to reduce our dependence on oil. Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is one of the bioelectrochemical approaches developed in the last decade that could have critical impact on the current methods of chemical synthesis. MES is a process in which electroautotrophic microbes use electrical current as electron source to reduce CO2 to multicarbon organics. Electricity necessary for MES can be harvested from renewable resources such as solar energy, wind turbine, or wastewater treatment processes. The net outcome is that renewable energy is stored in the covalent bonds of organic compounds synthesized from greenhouse gas. This review will discuss the future of MES and the challenges that lie ahead for its development into a mature technology. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 3 | 17% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 11% |
| Spain | 2 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Guinea | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 11 | 61% |
| Members of the public | 7 | 39% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 354 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 335 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 23% |
| Researcher | 64 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 49 | 14% |
| Unknown | 61 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 63 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 56 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 45 | 13% |
| Engineering | 43 | 12% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 45 | 13% |
| Unknown | 83 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. 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 30 May 2016.
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