General: Most Read Papers

Readership of the MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal continues to increase with >161,800 downloads through Aug 20, 2011. Sixteen student articles have been downloaded > 2500 times and 68 papers over 1000 times.

Top ten articles based on total downloads



Denton, Brian. "Advances in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Fungi" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (25 November 2007, 7439 downloads)

Mackaluso, Joshua. "The use of syngas derived from biomass and waste products to produce ethanol and hydrogen" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (5 December 2007, 5581 downloads)

Martin, Brian. "Practical Applications of CNT's in Nanomedicine" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 2 Number 1 (10 December 2006, 5226 downloads)

Paynich, Mallory. "Transesterification of Vegetable Oils to Produce Biodiesel Fuel" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (15 November 2007, 5101 downloads)

Demarco, Stephanie. "Advances in Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production in Bacteria for Biodegradable Plastic" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 1 Number 1 (22 January 2006, 4403 downloads)

Wenstrom, Christopher. "Advances in large-scale recombinant protein production" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 2 Number 1 (4 December 2006, 4179 downloads)

Kim, Uok. "Neonicotinoid Insecticide" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 2 Number 1 (11 December 2006, 4058 downloads)

Schwartz, Kierstyn. "Recent Advances in Marine Metagenomics" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 2 Number 1 (4 December 2006, 3400)

Sheedlo, Michael. "A Review of the Processes of Biodiesel Production" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 4 Number 1 (6 December 2008, 3319 downloads)

Yu, Natalie. "Edible Vaccines" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 4 Number 1 (4 December 2008, 3296)


Top ten articles based on daily downloads



Denton, Brian. "Advances in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Fungi" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (25 November 2007, 5.61 downloads/day)

Mohammed Akhiar, Nur Syarfa Aqilah. "Enhancement of Probiotics Survival by Microencapsulation with Alginate and Prebiotics" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 6 Number 1 (14 December 2010, 4.46 downloads/day)

Mackaluso, Joshua. "The use of syngas derived from biomass and waste products to produce ethanol and hydrogen" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (5 December 2007, 4.21 downloads/day)

Paynich, Mallory. "Transesterification of Vegetable Oils to Produce Biodiesel Fuel" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 3 Number 1 (15 November 2007, 3.85 downloads/day)

Sheedlo, Michael. "A Review of the Processes of Biodiesel Production" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 4 Number 1 (6 December 2008, 3.44 downloads/day)

Yu, Natalie. "Edible Vaccines" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 4 Number 1 (4 December 2008, 3.42 downloads/day)

MacLellan, James. "Innovative Strategies to Enhance Enzymatic Hydrolysis: A Review" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 6 Number 1 (12 December 2010, 3.36 downloads/day)

Hardy, Anna. "Candidate Stress Response Genes for Developing Commercial Drought Tolerant Crops" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 6 Number 1 (14 December 2010, 3.13 downloads/day)

Martin, Brian. "Practical Applications of CNT's in Nanomedicine" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 2 Number 1 (10 December 2006, 3.12 downloads/day)

Nossoni, Farid. "Single-Cell Gel Electrophoresis (Comet Assay): Methodology, Potential Applications, and Limitations in Cancer Research" MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology eJournal [Online], Volume 4 Number 1 (4 December 2008, 3.12 downloads/day)