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Unlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a review
Uprising fossil fuel depletion and deterioration of ecological reserves supply have led to the search for alternative renewable and sustainable...
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Drug Delivery to Diseases Caused by E. coli Infection
The Escherichia coli are one of the most common facultative anaerobe in the intestinal tract of humans and many other endothermic species. Mostly,...
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Carbon dioxide valorization into resveratrol via lithoautotrophic fermentation using engineered Cupriavidus necator H16
BackgroundIndustrial biomanufacturing of value-added products using CO 2 as a carbon source is considered more sustainable, cost-effective and...
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Thermophilic Moorella thermoacetica as a platform microorganism for C1 gas utilization: physiology, engineering, and applications
In the context of the rapid development of low-carbon economy, there has been increasing interest in utilizing naturally abundant and cost-effective...
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Research trends of next generation probiotics
Gut represents one of the largest interfaces for the interaction of host factors and the environmental ones. Gut microbiota, largely dominated by...
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Biotechnological Applications of Probiotics: A Multifarious Weapon to Disease and Metabolic Abnormality
Consumption of live microorganisms “Probiotics” for health benefits and well-being is increasing worldwide. Their use as a therapeutic approach to...
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First time β-farnesene production by the versatile bacterium Cupriavidus necator
BackgroundTerpenes are remarkably diverse natural structures, which can be formed via two different pathways leading to two common intermediates....
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Effector-Mediated Pathogenicity
The study of novel plant pathogen effectors, their characterization, and the ways in which the plant immune system recognizes them is still gaining...
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Different bacterial host-based lux reporter array for fast identification and toxicity indication of multiple metal ions
Although luminescent bacteria-based bioluminescence inhibition assay has been widely used in the toxicity assessment of environmental pollutants, the...
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Double-Layer Plaque Assay Technique for Enumeration of Virus Surrogates
Double-layer plaque assay technique (DLA) can be used to enumerate, isolate, and detect bacteriophages in food, beverage, and water samples. DLA...
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Increasing lysine level improved methanol assimilation toward butyric acid production in Butyribacterium methylotrophicum
BackgroundMethanol, a promising non-food fermentation substrate, has gained increasing interest as an alternative feedstock to sugars for the...
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Helicobacter pylori infection in Africa: comprehensive insight into its pathogenesis, management, and future perspectives
Helicobacter pylori is a widespread bacterium that has effectively colonized half of the global population, with Africa having over 70% of the total...
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Use of immunoinformatics and the simulation approach to identify Helicobacter pylori epitopes to design a multi-epitope subunit vaccine for B- and T-cells
BackgroundHelicobacter pylori cause a variety of gastric malignancies, gastric ulcers, and cause erosive diseases. The extreme nature of the...
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Applications of High-Throughput Sequencing Chemistries in Decoding Pathogen Genomes
Genome sequencing enables us to determine the complete sequence of DNA in an organism’s genome (Cooper 2000). It has a rich history spanning several...
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Induction of Stress Tolerance in Plants by Metabolic Secretions of Endophytes for Sustainable Development
Endophytes are microbes that can survive inside of a plant’s stable tissues without wreaking havoc on the host. Endophytes aid plant adaptation by...
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Citrus Diseases and Management
Citrus growth is severely hampered by plant diseases, causing enormous economic losses in agriculture. This chapter reviews the major endemic and...
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Clarification of Interactions among Microorganisms and Development of Co-culture System for Production of Useful Substances
Co-culture systems containing two microorganisms for the production of useful substances are described. We developed a novel co-culture system...
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Bacillus subtilis Cell Factory
Increasing demands for natural products from microbial origin have given much attention to researchers to exploit these microorganisms to produce a...
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Enhanced protein translocation to mammalian cells by expression of EtgA transglycosylase in a synthetic injector E. coli strain
BackgroundBacterial type III secretion systems (T3SSs) assemble a multiprotein complex termed the injectisome, which acts as a molecular syringe for...
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Microfluidic Diagnostics and Drug-Delivery Platforms for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Diseases
This chapter presents an overview of the strategy, design and utility of microfluidic technology in drug delivery, along with a comprehensive review...