Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

Over the last two decades, scientific communities have been more interested in turning
organic waste materials into bioenergy. Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can degrade organic …

Integral membrane proteins (IMPs) fulfill important physiological functions by providing cell–
environment, cell–cell and virus–host communication; nutrients intake; export of toxic …

Maximizing the production of heterologous biomolecules is a complex problem that can be
addressed with a systems-level understanding of cellular metabolism and regulation …

Due to the rampant rise in obesity and diabetes, consumers are desperately seeking for
ways to reduce their sugar intake, but to date there are no options that are both accessible …

In microbial electrochemical systems, microorganisms catalyze chemical reactions
converting chemical energy present in organic and inorganic molecules into electrical …

Microbes play an important role in biotransformation and biosynthesis of biofuels, natural
products, and polymers. Therefore, microbial manufacturing has been widely used in …

Genetic circuits that encode extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways allow the
intracellular state of Escherichia coli to be electronically monitored and controlled. However …

Background The microbial production of biofuels is complicated by a tradeoff between yield
and toxicity of many fuels. Efflux pumps enable bacteria to tolerate toxic substances by their …

Green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) are widely used to monitor membrane protein expression,
purification, and stability. An ideal reporter should be stable itself and provide high sensitivity …