Lignin is a primary component of lignocellulosic biomass that is an underutilized feedstock
in the growing biofuels industry. Despite the fact that lignin depolymerization has long been …

Metabolically versatile free-living bacteria have global regulation systems that allow cells to
selectively assimilate a preferred compound among a mixture of several potential carbon …

Biofuel is the presently needed potential energy reservoir as an alternative to wearying fossil
fuel-based technology. Second generation lignocellulose is considered to be the most …

Since their discovery many decades ago, Pseudomonas putida and related subspecies
have been intensively studied with regard to their potential application in industrial …

Background Rhamnolipids are potent biosurfactants with high potential for industrial
applications. However, rhamnolipids are currently produced with the opportunistic pathogen …

Bioremediation involves the exposure of a whole mixture of chemical structures to an
intricate multispecies metabolic network present in a polluted scenario. The complexity …

Background Pseudomonas putida is the best studied pollutant degradative bacteria and is
harnessed by industrial biotechnology to synthesize fine chemicals. Since the publication of …

Overproduction of microbial metabolites is related to developmental phases of
microorganisms. Inducers, effectors, inhibitors and various signal molecules play a role in …

In addition to the sugar phosphotransferase system (sugar PTS) dedicated to carbohydrate
uptake, many Gram-negative bacteria possess a so-called nitrogen PTS (PTS Ntr). Although …

The Crc protein is a translational repressor that recognizes a specific target at some mRNAs,
controlling catabolite repression and co‐ordinating carbon metabolism in pseudomonads. In …