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Construction of Synthetic Microbial Consortium for Violacein Production
Violacein, a purple-colored natural pigment produced by microbes, has anti-microbial, anti-parasitic, and anti-cancer properties. Violacein can be synthesized through a complex pathway from a carbon source via...
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Genetic Biocontainment Systems for the Safe Use of Engineered Microorganisms
Recent advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology have enabled a variety of genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs) designed for open environmental applications. The use of GMOs in these applicat...
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Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants
Lack of access to safe drinking water is a global problem, and methods to reliably and easily detect contaminants could be transformative. We report the development of a cell-free in vitro transcription system...
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Systems Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Chemicals, Materials, Biofuels, and Pharmaceuticals
Microorganisms are small but efficient micro-factories for producing bulk and value-added products. Systems biology and synthetic biology advanced during the last decade are enabling us to unravel the underlyi...
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Development of sucrose-utilizing Escherichia coli K-12 strain by cloning β-fructofuranosidases and its application for l-threonine production
Sucrose is one of the most promising carbon sources for industrial fermentation. To achieve sucrose catabolism, the sucrose utilization operons have been introduced into microorganisms that are not able to uti...
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Proteome-based physiological analysis of the metabolically engineered succinic acid producer Mannheimia succiniciproducens LPK7
Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometry, the proteome of a metabolically engineered succinic acid-overproducing bacterium, Mannheimia succiniciproducens LPK7, was examined and compa...
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From genome sequence to integrated bioprocess for succinic acid production by Mannheimia succiniciproducens
Mannheimia succiniciproducens is a capnophilic gram-negative bacterium isolated from bovine rumen. Wild-type M. succiniciproducens can produce succinic acid as a major fermentation product with acetic, formic, an...