Marine macroalgae have huge potential as feedstocks for production of a wide spectrum of
chemicals used in biofuels, biomaterials, and bioactive compounds. Harnessing macroalgae …

The substantial discrepancy between the strong effects of functional foods and various
drugs, especially traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), and the poor bioavailability of these …

ABSTRACT A diverse genetic toolkit is critical for understanding bacterial physiology and
genotype-phenotype relationships. Inducible promoter systems are an integral part of this …

Extremely thermophilic bacteria from the genus Caldicellulosiruptor can degrade
polysaccharide components of plant cell walls and subsequently utilize the constituting …

Macroalgae (or seaweeds) are considered potential biomass feedstocks for the production
of renewable fuels and chemicals. Their sugar composition is different from that of …

Amino sugars are good sources of both ammonia and fructose-6-phosphate, produced by
the glucosamine 6-phosphate deaminase, NagB. NagB is known to be allosterically …

The Bacillus subtilis rhaEWRBMA (formerly yuxG-yulBCDE) operon consists of four genes
encoding enzymes for l-rhamnose catabolism and the rhaR gene encoding a DeoR-type …

Phylosymbiosis is a cross-system trend whereby microbial community relationships
recapitulate the host phylogeny. In Nasonia parasitoid wasps, phylosymbiosis occurs …

The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can form proteinaceous organelles called
bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) that optimize the utilization of substrates, such as 1, 2 …

Metabolism is often perceived as a fairly haphazard intertwined collection of chemical
compounds that needs to be memorised by heart. The apparent absence of logic in its …