Synthetic biology tools to engineer microbial communities for biotechnology

NS McCarty, R Ledesma-Amaro - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
Microbial consortia have been used in biotechnology processes, including fermentation,
waste treatment, and agriculture, for millennia. Today, synthetic biologists are increasingly …

Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a consolidated bioprocessing host to produce cellulosic ethanol: Recent advancements and current challenges

J Sharma, V Kumar, R Prasad, NA Gaur - Biotechnology advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass, a rich and inexpensive source of fermentable and renewable
carbon, is the most abundant material on earth. Microbial bioprocessing of lignocellulosic …

Recent progress in consolidated bioprocessing

DG Olson, JE McBride, AJ Shaw, LR Lynd - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, the conversion of lignocellulose into desired products
in one step without added enzymes, has been a subject of increased research effort in …

Applications of yeast surface display for protein engineering

GM Cherf, JR Cochran - Yeast Surface Display: Methods, Protocols, and …, 2015 - Springer
The method of displaying recombinant proteins on the surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
via genetic fusion to an abundant cell wall protein, a technology known as yeast surface …

Artificial Multienzyme Scaffolds: Pursuing in Vitro Substrate Channeling with an Overview of Current Progress

GA Ellis, WP Klein, G Lasarte-Aragones, M Thakur… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Artificial multienzyme scaffolds are being developed for in vitro cascaded biocatalytic activity
and, in particular, accessing substrate channeling. This review covers progress in this field …

Biochemical conversion processes of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals–a review

S Brethauer, MH Studer - Chimia, 2015 - chimia.ch
Lignocellulosic biomass–such as wood, agricultural residues or dedicated energy crops–is
a promising renewable feedstock for production of fuels and chemicals that is available at …

Synthetic microbial consortia: from systematic analysis to construction and applications

H Song, MZ Ding, XQ Jia, Q Ma, YJ Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic biology is an emerging research field that focuses on using rational engineering
strategies to program biological systems, conferring on them new functions and behaviours …

Towards synthetic microbial consortia for bioprocessing

J Shong, MRJ Diaz, CH Collins - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of microbial consortia for bioprocessing has been limited by our ability to reliably
control community composition and function simultaneously. Recent advances in synthetic …

Engineering microbial factories for synthesis of value-added products

J Du, Z Shao, H Zhao - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Microorganisms have become an increasingly important platform for the production of drugs,
chemicals, and biofuels from renewable resources. Advances in protein engineering …

Tools for engineering coordinated system behaviour in synthetic microbial consortia

N Kylilis, ZA Tuza, GB Stan, KM Polizzi - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Advancing synthetic biology to the multicellular level requires the development of multiple
cell-to-cell communication channels that propagate information with minimal signal …