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Synthetic Ecology of Microbes: Mathematical Models and Applications. [PDF]

J Mol Biol, 2016
As the indispensable role of natural microbial communities in many aspects of life on Earth is uncovered, the bottom-up engineering of synthetic microbial consortia with novel functions is becoming an attractive alternative to engineering single-species systems.
Zomorrodi AR, Segrè D.
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Ecological Firewalls for Synthetic Biology

iScience, 2022
While rapidly becoming a main thread in the development of new therapies, the rise of synthetic biology is also tied to concerns about the potential impact on ecosystems. That is particularly relevant in the of deployment in natural habitats, including the human microbiome. These concerns have boosted the analysis of diverse strategies of containment,
Blai Vidiella, Ricard Sole
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Marine synthetic ecology: From microbial communities to ecosystems. [PDF]

iScience
Marine ecosystems are vital for global ecological functions and human health but face escalating threats from both anthropogenic activities and global climate change. Marine microorganisms, comprising over two-thirds of the marine biomass, play essential roles in biogeochemical cycling of elements and food webs.
Su R, Yu X, Niu M, Wu K, Liu H, Yan Q, He Z.   +6 more
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Engineering ecosystems and synthetic ecologies [PDF]

Molecular BioSystems, 2012
Abstract Microbial ecosystems play an important role in nature. Engineering these systems for industrial, medical, or biotechnological purposes are important pursuits for synthetic biologists and biological engineers moving forward. Here we provide a review of recent progress in engineering natural and synthetic microbial ecosystems ...
Michael T, Mee, Harris H, Wang
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SYNTHe: SYNTHETiC ECologiES

Materia Arquitectura, 2021
SYNTHe es una iniciativa del Programa de Disen y Construccion de SCI-Arc que investiga el desarrollo de estructuras adaptables capaces de cumplir los requisitos de Techos Verdes en la ciudad de Los angeles. Su objeti- vo es estimular a la comunidad de SCI-Arc para participar en un mayor desarrollo de nuestra ciudad y promover un enfoque practico a la ...
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Harbouring public good mutants within a pathogen population can increase both fitness and virulence

eLife, 2016
Existing theory, empirical, clinical and field research all predict that reducing the virulence of individuals within a pathogen population will reduce the overall virulence, rendering disease less severe.
Richard J Lindsay, Michael J Kershaw, Bogna J Pawlowska, Nicholas J Talbot, Ivana Gudelj   +4 more
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Revealing the novel complexity of plant long non-coding RNA by strand-specific and whole transcriptome sequencing for evolutionarily representative plant species

BMC Genomics, 2022
Background Previous studies on plant long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) lacked consistency and suffered from many factors like heterogeneous data sources and experimental protocols, different plant tissues, inconsistent bioinformatics pipelines, etc.
Yan Zhu, Longxian Chen, Xiangna Hong, Han Shi, Xuan Li   +4 more
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Competitive interactions between culturable bacteria are highly non-additive

eLife, 2023
Microorganisms are found in diverse communities whose structure and function are determined by interspecific interactions. Just as single species seldom exist in isolation, communities as a whole are also constantly challenged and affected by external ...
Amichai Baichman-Kass, Tingting Song, Jonathan Friedman   +2 more
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Ecological drivers of bacterial community assembly in synthetic phycospheres [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
In the nutrient-rich region surrounding marine phytoplankton cells, heterotrophic bacterioplankton transform a major fraction of recently fixed carbon through the uptake and catabolism of phytoplankton metabolites. We sought to understand the rules by which marine bacterial communities assemble in these nutrient-enhanced phycospheres, specifically ...
He Fu, Mario Uchimiya, Jeff Gore, Mary Ann Moran   +3 more
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Cross-Feeding of a Toxic Metabolite in a Synthetic Lignocellulose-Degrading Microbial Community

Microorganisms, 2021
The recalcitrance of complex organic polymers such as lignocellulose is one of the major obstacles to sustainable energy production from plant biomass, and the generation of toxic intermediates can negatively impact the efficiency of microbial ...
Jessica A. Lee, Alyssa C. Baugh, Nicholas J. Shevalier, Brandi Strand, Sergey Stolyar, Christopher J. Marx   +5 more
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