Regulation of alkane degradation pathway by a TetR family repressor via an autoregulation positive feedback mechanism in a Gram‐positive Dietzia bacterium

JL Liang, Y Nie, M Wang, G Xiong… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Summary n‐Alkanes are ubiquitous in nature and serve as important carbon sources for
both Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria. Hydroxylation of n‐alkanes by alkane …

Synthetic feedback loop model for increasing microbial biofuel production using a biosensor

ME Harrison, MJ Dunlop - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Current biofuel production methods use engineered bacteria to break down cellulose and
convert it to biofuel. A major challenge in microbial fuel production is that increasing biofuel …

Evolution of an alkane-inducible biosensor for increased responsiveness to short-chain alkanes

B Reed, J Blazeck, H Alper - Journal of biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
Synthetic alkane-inducible biosensors have applications as detectors for environmental
hydrocarbon contamination and as novel inducible expression systems with low-cost …

When metabolic prowess is too much of a good thing: how carbon catabolite repression and metabolic versatility impede production of esterified α, ω-diols in …

C Lu, C Batianis, EO Akwafo, RH Wijffels… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Medium-chain-length α, ω-diols (mcl-diols) are important building blocks in
polymer production. Recently, microbial mcl-diol production from alkanes was achieved in E …

Characterization and Transcriptional Regulation of n-Alkane Hydroxylase Gene Cluster of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

N Gibu, D Kasai, T Ikawa, E Akiyama, M Fukuda - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gram-positive actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 is able to grow on C10 to C19 n-
alkanes as a sole source of carbon and energy. To clarify, the n-alkane utilization pathway …

[PDF][PDF] Multiple operons connected with catabolism of aromatic compounds in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 are under carbon catabolite repression

S Dal, I Steiner, U Gerischer - Journal of molecular microbiology and …, 2002 - caister.com
Repression of enzymes contributing to degradation of aromatic compounds via the b-
ketoadipate pathway in the presence of additional carbon sources (carbon catabolite …

Levels and Activity of the Pseudomonas putida Global Regulatory Protein Crc Vary According to Growth Conditions

A Ruiz-Manzano, L Yuste, F Rojo - Journal of bacteriology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global regulatory protein Crc is involved in the repression of several catabolic pathways
for sugars, hydrocarbons, and nitrogenated and aromatic compounds in Pseudomonas …

Modulating the import of medium-chain alkanes in E. coli through tuned expression of FadL

TP Call, MK Akhtar, F Baganz, C Grant - Journal of biological engineering, 2016 - Springer
Background In recent years, there have been intensive efforts to develop synthetic microbial
platforms for the production, biosensing and bio-remediation of fossil fuel constituents such …

Marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria as whole‐cell biosensors for n‐alkanes

E Sevilla, L Yuste, F Rojo - Microbial biotechnology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐cell biosensors offer potentially useful, cost‐effective systems for the in‐situ
monitoring of seawater for hydrocarbons derived from accidental spills. The present work …

[HTML][HTML] The genome analysis of Oleiphilus messinensis ME102 (DSM 13489T) reveals backgrounds of its obligate alkane-devouring marine lifestyle

SV Toshchakov, AA Korzhenkov, TN Chernikova… - Marine genomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Marine bacterium Oleiphilus messinensis ME102 (DSM 13489 T) isolated from the
sediments of the harbor of Messina (Italy) is a member of the order Oceanospirillales, class …