[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas putida as a functional chassis for industrial biocatalysis: from native biochemistry to trans-metabolism

PI Nikel, V de Lorenzo - Metabolic engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The itinerary followed by Pseudomonas putida from being a soil-dweller and plant colonizer
bacterium to become a flexible and engineer-able platform for metabolic engineering stems …

Degradation and metabolism of synthetic plastics and associated products by Pseudomonas sp.: capabilities and challenges

RA Wilkes, L Aristilde - Journal of applied microbiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Synthetic plastics, which are widely present in materials of everyday use, are ubiquitous and
slowly‐degrading polymers in environmental wastes. Of special interest are the capabilities …

[HTML][HTML] Biological valorization of low molecular weight lignin

OY Abdelaziz, DP Brink, J Prothmann, K Ravi… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is a major component of lignocellulosic biomass and as such, it is processed in
enormous amounts in the pulp and paper industry worldwide. In such industry it mainly …

Chasing bacterial chassis for metabolic engineering: a perspective review from classical to non‐traditional microorganisms

P Calero, PI Nikel - Microbial Biotechnology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of novel
bacterial species that hold potential to be used for metabolic engineering. Historically …

[HTML][HTML] Competition, nodule occupancy, and persistence of inoculant strains: key factors in the rhizobium-legume symbioses

M Mendoza-Suárez, SU Andersen, PS Poole… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally
friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume …

Pseudomonas putida KT2440 strain metabolizes glucose through a cycle formed by enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff, Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas, and pentose …

PI Nikel, M Chavarría, T Fuhrer, U Sauer… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440 lacks a functional Embden-Meyerhof-
Parnas (EMP) pathway, and glycolysis is known to proceed almost exclusively through the …

The revisited genome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 enlightens its value as a robust metabolic chassis

E Belda, RGA Van Heck… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
By the time the complete genome sequence of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida
KT2440 was published in 2002 (Nelson et al.,) this bacterium was considered a potential …

Biotechnological domestication of pseudomonads using synthetic biology

PI Nikel, E Martínez-García, V De Lorenzo - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Much of contemporary synthetic biology research relies on the use of bacterial chassis for
plugging-in and plugging-out genetic circuits and new-to-nature functionalities. However …

Carbon catabolite repression in Pseudomonas: optimizing metabolic versatility and interactions with the environment

F Rojo - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
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 …

From dirt to industrial applications: Pseudomonas putida as a synthetic biology chassis for hosting harsh biochemical reactions

PI Nikel, M Chavarria, A Danchin… - Current opinion in chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•SynBio needs chassis with superior genetic, biochemical, and physiological
traits.•Environmental bacteria are endowed with many advantageous metabolic properties.• …