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Single strain control of microbial consortia [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 AbstractThe scale of the biological systems we can engineer is limited by the burden that host cells can bear. Division-of-labour can spread that burden across a community of cells but competitive exclusion inevitably leads to the removal of less fit community members over time.
Alex J. H. Fedorec +3 more
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Engineering microbial consortia for controllable outputs [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2016 Abstract Much research has been invested into engineering microorganisms to perform desired biotransformations; nonetheless, these efforts frequently fall short of expected results due to the unforeseen effects of biofeedback regulation and functional incompatibility.
Stephen R Lindemann +7 more
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Microbial consortia at steady supply
eLife, 2017 Metagenomics has revealed hundreds of species in almost all microbiota. In a few well-studied cases, microbial communities have been observed to coordinate their metabolic fluxes. In principle, microbes can divide tasks to reap the benefits of specialization, as in human economies.
Thibaud Taillefumier +3 more
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Design and construction of synthetic microbial consortia in China
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2016 The rapid development of synthetic biology enables the design, construction and optimization of synthetic microbial consortia to achieve specific functions.
Ming-Zhu Ding +4 more
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Artificial Microbial Arenas: Materials for Observing and Manipulating Microbial Consortia [PDF]
Advanced Materials, 2019 AbstractFrom the smallest ecological niche to global scale, communities of microbial life present a major factor in system regulation and stability. As long as laboratory studies remain restricted to single or few species assemblies, however, very little is known about the interaction patterns and exogenous factors controlling the dynamics of natural ...
Wondraczek, Lothar +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Three stable microbial consortia, each composed of Bacillus paranthracis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains, were isolated from milk of cows diagnosed with mastitis in three geographically remote regions of Russia. The composition of these consortia
Sergei Sokolov +12 more
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Deep-Sea Archaea Fix and Share Nitrogen in Methane-Consuming Microbial Consortia [PDF]
, 2009 Nitrogen-fixing (diazotrophic) microorganisms regulate productivity in diverse ecosystems; however, the identities of diazotrophs are unknown in many oceanic environments. Using single-cell–resolution nanometer secondary ion mass spectrometry images of ^(
Dekas, Anne E. +2 more
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Quorum Sensing Communication Modules for Microbial Consortia [PDF]
ACS Synthetic Biology, 2016 The power of a single engineered organism is limited by its capacity for genetic modification. To circumvent the constraints of any singular microbe, a new frontier in synthetic biology is emerging: synthetic ecology, or the engineering of microbial consortia.
Spencer R, Scott, Jeff, Hasty
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mSystems, 2019 In nature, microbes interact antagonistically, neutrally, or beneficially. To shed light on the effects of positive interactions in microbial consortia, we introduced metabolic dependencies and metabolite overproduction into four bacterial species. While
Marika Ziesack +11 more
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Microbial Consortia for Effective Biocontrol of Root and Foliar Diseases in Tomato
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The use of beneficial microorganisms for the biological control of plant diseases and pests has emerged as a viable alternative to chemical pesticides in agriculture.
Zhivko Minchev +3 more
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