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.• …

Unknown unknowns: essential genes in quest for function

A Danchin, G Fang - Microbial Biotechnology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The experimental design of a minimal synthetic genome revealed the presence of a large
number of genes without ascribed function, in part because the abstract laws of life must be …

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 …

Enhancing muconic acid production from glucose and lignin-derived aromatic compounds via increased protocatechuate decarboxylase activity

CW Johnson, D Salvachúa, P Khanna, H Smith… - Metabolic engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The conversion of biomass-derived sugars and aromatic molecules to cis, cis-muconic acid
(referred to hereafter as muconic acid or muconate) has been of recent interest owing to its …

Production of selenium nanoparticles in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

R Avendaño, N Chaves, P Fuentes, E Sánchez… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Selenium (Se) is an essential element for the cell that has multiple applications in medicine
and technology; microorganisms play an important role in Se transformations in the …

Genetic programming of catalytic Pseudomonas putida biofilms for boosting biodegradation of haloalkanes

I Benedetti, V de Lorenzo, PI Nikel - Metabolic engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacterial biofilms outperform planktonic counterparts in whole-cell biocatalysis. The
transition between planktonic and biofilm lifestyles of the platform strain Pseudomonas …

Anoxic metabolism and biochemical production in Pseudomonas putida F1 driven by a bioelectrochemical system

B Lai, S Yu, PV Bernhardt, K Rabaey, B Virdis… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Background Pseudomonas putida is a promising host for the bioproduction of chemicals, but
its industrial applications are significantly limited by its obligate aerobic character. The aim of …

The Ssr protein (T1E_1405) from Pseudomonas putida DOT‐T1E enables oligonucleotide‐based recombineering in platform strain P. putida EM42

T Aparicio, SI Jensen, AT Nielsen… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Some strains of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida have become in recent years
platforms of choice for hosting biotransformations of industrial interest. Despite availability of …

The quest for the minimal bacterial genome

E Martínez-García, V de Lorenzo - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•The quest for minimal genomes has both fundamental and biotechnological
motivations.•Genome reduction has been enabled by chromosomal editing and chemical …

Metabolic Engineering of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for the Production of para-Hydroxy Benzoic Acid

S Yu, MR Plan, G Winter, JO Krömer - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
para-Hydroxy benzoic acid (PHBA) is the key component for preparing parabens, a common
preservatives in food, drugs, and personal care products, as well as high-performance …