Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Despite broad scientific interest in harnessing the power of Earth's microbiomes, knowledge
gaps hinder their efficient use for addressing urgent societal and environmental challenges …

Microbial consortia have been used in biotechnology processes, including fermentation,
waste treatment, and agriculture, for millennia. Today, synthetic biologists are increasingly …

Natural products are widely employed in our daily lives as food additives, pharmaceuticals,
nutraceuticals, and cosmetic ingredients, among others. However, their supply has often …

The application of microbial strains as axenic cultures has frequently been employed in a
diverse range of sectors. In the natural environment, microbes exist as multispecies and …

Over the past century, Escherichia coli has become one of the best studied organisms on
earth. Features such as genetic tractability, favorable growth conditions, well characterized …

Plastic pollution is rapidly increasing worldwide, causing adverse impacts on the
environment, wildlife and human health. One tempting solution to this crisis is upcycling …

Engineering cell metabolism for bioproduction not only consumes building blocks and
energy molecules (eg, ATP) but also triggers energetic inefficiency inside the cell. The …

Taxol is a widely-applied anticancer drug that inhibits microtubule dynamics in actively
replicating cells. Although a minimum 19-step biosynthetic pathway has been proposed and …

Designer microbial consortia are an emerging frontier in synthetic biology that enable
versatile microbiome engineering. However, the utilization of such consortia is hindered by …