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| Title |
Directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biotechnology, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6750-9-74 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eudes de Crecy, Stefan Jaronski, Benjamin Lyons, Thomas J Lyons, Nemat O Keyhani |
| Abstract |
Filamentous fungi are the most widely used eukaryotic biocatalysts in industrial and chemical applications. Consequently, there is tremendous interest in methodology that can use the power of genetics to develop strains with improved performance. For example, Metarhizium anisopliae is a broad host range entomopathogenic fungus currently under intensive investigation as a biologically based alternative to chemical pesticides. However, it use is limited by the relatively low tolerance of this species to abiotic stresses such as heat, with most strains displaying little to no growth between 35-37 degrees C. In this study, we used a newly developed automated continuous culture method called the Evolugator, which takes advantage of a natural selection-adaptation strategy, to select for thermotolerant variants of M. anisopliae strain 2575 displaying robust growth at 37 degrees C. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 10% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 70% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 80% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 201 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Slovakia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 187 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 29% |
| Researcher | 28 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 37 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 91 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Unknown | 44 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 94. 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 20 November 2023.
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