Lobo-Moreira Ana Beatriz, Xavier-Santos Solange, Damacena-Silva Luciana, Caramori Samantha Salomão
Post Graduate Program in Natural Resources of Cerrado, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Brazil.
Laboratory of Basic, Applied and Mycology and Scientific Dissemination (FungiLab), State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Brazil.
Front Microbiol. 2022 May 26;13:903737. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.903737. eCollection 2022.
The utilization of microalgae and fungi on an industrial scale is a challenge for researchers. Based on the question "how fungi have contributed to microalgae research?," we verified the scientific trends on microalgae-fungi consortia focused on biofuels production by searching for articles on the Web of Science and Scopus databases through the terms "microalgae" or phytoplankton and "fung." We found 1,452 articles published between 1950 and 2020; since 2006, the publication numbers have increased rapidly. The articles were published in 12 languages, but most were written in English (96.3%). Among 72 countries, China (360 articles), USA (344), and Germany (155) led the publication rank. Among the 10 most-prolific authors, 8 were Chinese, like 5 of the most-productive institutions, whereas the National Cheng Kung University was on the top of the list. The sources that published the most on the subject were: Bioresource Technology (96), PLoS ONE (28), and Science of the Total Environment (26). The keyword analysis emphasized the magnitude of applications in microalgae-fungi consortia research. Confirming this research question, biofuels appeared as a research trend, especially biodiesel, biogas, and related terms like lipid, lipid accumulation, anaerobic digestion, and biogas upgrading. For 70 years, articles have been published, where China and the United States seem to dominate the research scenario, and biodiesel is the main biofuel derived from this consortium. However, microalgae-based biofuel biorefinery is still a bottleneck on an industrial scale. Recent environmental challenges, such as greenhouse gas mitigation, can be a promising field for that microalgae-fungi application.
在工业规模上利用微藻和真菌对研究人员来说是一项挑战。基于“真菌如何促进微藻研究？”这一问题，我们通过在科学网和Scopus数据库中搜索包含“微藻”或浮游植物以及“真菌”的文章，来验证专注于生物燃料生产的微藻 - 真菌共生体的科学趋势。我们发现1950年至2020年间发表了1452篇文章；自2006年以来，发表数量迅速增加。这些文章以12种语言发表，但大多数是英文（96.3%）。在72个国家中，中国（360篇文章）、美国（344篇）和德国（155篇）在发表排名中领先。在10位最高产作者中，有8位是中国人，5个最高产机构也是如此，而成均馆大学位居榜首。在该主题上发表文章最多的来源有：《生物资源技术》（96篇）、《公共科学图书馆·综合》（28篇）和《总体环境科学》（26篇）。关键词分析强调了微藻 - 真菌共生体研究中的应用规模。证实了这个研究问题，生物燃料成为一种研究趋势，尤其是生物柴油、沼气以及诸如脂质、脂质积累、厌氧消化和沼气升级等相关术语。70年来一直有文章发表，中国和美国似乎主导着研究局面，生物柴油是源自这种共生体的主要生物燃料。然而，基于微藻的生物燃料生物精炼在工业规模上仍然是一个瓶颈。近期的环境挑战，如温室气体减排，可能是微藻 - 真菌应用的一个有前景的领域。
