Materials design by synthetic biology

TC Tang, B An, Y Huang, S Vasikaran, Y Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

Engineering whole-cell microbial biosensors: Design principles and applications in monitoring and treatment of heavy metals and organic pollutants

C Liu, H Yu, B Zhang, S Liu, C Liu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosensors have been widely used as cost-effective, rapid, in situ, and real-time analytical
tools for monitoring environments. The development of synthetic biology has enabled …

Real-time bioelectronic sensing of environmental contaminants

JT Atkinson, L Su, X Zhang, GN Bennett, JJ Silberg… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Real-time chemical sensing is crucial for applications in environmental and health
monitoring. Biosensors can detect a variety of molecules through genetic circuits that use …

A transcription factor-based bacterial biosensor system and its application for on-site detection of explosives

Z Wang, R Ma, B Chen, X Yu, X Wang, X Zuo… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Detecting unexploded landmines is critical due to the environmental pollution and potential
humanitarian risks caused by buried landmines. Therefore, this study focused on developing …

Recent trends in biosensors for environmental quality monitoring

S Gavrilaș, CȘ Ursachi, S Perța-Crișan… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The monitoring of environmental pollution requires fast, reliable, cost-effective and small
devices. This need explains the recent trends in the development of biosensing devices for …

Cell-based biosensors: Recent trends, challenges and future perspectives

N Gupta, V Renugopalakrishnan, D Liepmann… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Existing at the interface of biology and electronics, living cells have been in use as
biorecognition elements (bioreceptors) in biosensors since the early 1970s. They are an …

Microbial nanotechnology: challenges and prospects for green biocatalytic synthesis of nanoscale materials for sensoristic and biomedical applications

G Grasso, D Zane, R Dragone - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials are increasingly being used in new products and devices with a great impact
on different fields from sensoristics to biomedicine. Biosynthesis of nanomaterials by …

Engineering wired life: synthetic biology for electroactive bacteria

LJ Bird, BB Kundu, T Tschirhart, AD Corts… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacteria produce or consume electrical current by moving electrons to and
from extracellular acceptors and donors. This specialized process, known as extracellular …

Microbial fuel cell sensors for water quality early warning systems: Fundamentals, signal resolution, optimization and future challenges

Y Jiang, X Yang, P Liang, P Liu, X Huang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
An early warning system is important to guarantee human health and ecological safety.
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) sensor can achieve a self-sustainable monitoring without additional …

Microbial electrochemical sensor for water biotoxicity monitoring

N Chu, Q Liang, W Hao, Y Jiang, P Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of low cost, convenient, and efficient biosensors is critical for water
biotoxicity monitoring. Microbial electrochemical sensors employ electrode-biofilm as the …