Living organisms have evolved a plethora of sensing systems for the intra-and extracellular
detection of small molecules, ions or physical parameters. Several recent studies have …

Whole cell biosensors (WCBs) have multiple applications for environmental monitoring,
detecting a wide range of pollutants. WCBs depend critically on the sensitivity and specificity …

Bacteria display considerable cell‐to‐cell heterogeneity in a number of genetic and
physiological traits. Stochastic differences in regulatory patterns (eg at the transcriptional …

Gene expression noise is not only the mere consequence of stochasticity, but also a signal
that reflects the upstream physical dynamics of the cognate molecular machinery. Soil …

Metagenomics allows the study of genes related to xenobiotic degradation in a culture-
independent manner, but many of these studies are limited by the lack of genomic context …

Abstract p-Xylene is considered a recalcitrant compound despite showing a similar aromatic
structure to other BTEXs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene isomers). This study …

Bacterial degradation of xylose is sequentially mediated by two enzymes–an isomerase
(XutA) and a xylulokinase (XutB)–with xylulose as an intermediate. P seudomonas …

The major sources for release of hydrocarbons into the environment include the effluents
generated from chemical processing industries and ports. The introduction of such …

The scientific and technical ambition of contemporary synthetic biology is the engineering of
biological objects with a degree of predictability comparable to those made through electric …

Mathematical modeling assists the design of synthetic regulatory networks by providing a
detailed mechanistic understanding of biological systems. Models that can predict the …