Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K Xiao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Enzymatic Conversion of CO2: From Natural to Artificial Utilization

S Bierbaumer, M Nattermann, L Schulz… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic carbon dioxide fixation is one of the most important metabolic reactions as it
allows the capture of inorganic carbon from the atmosphere and its conversion into organic …

Artificial carbon assimilation: From unnatural reactions and pathways to synthetic autotrophic systems

X Yang, Y Zhang, G Zhao - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology is being increasingly used to establish novel carbon assimilation pathways
and artificial autotrophic strains that can be used in low-carbon biomanufacturing. Currently …

Cascaded de novo biosynthesis of lacto-proteins from CO 2 by engineered Pichia pastoris

X Lv, S Cui, J Chen, L Wang, Y Liu, J Li, G Du, X Liu… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Food proteins are key nutrients, which play an important role in our diet. However, the
acquisition of food protein mainly depends on the agroindustry, resulting in environmental …

Recent progress in the engineering of C1-utilizing microbes

J Bae, S Jin, S Kang, BK Cho, MK Oh - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•C1 substrates are low-cost feedstocks supplied in abundance from waste
sources.•Microbial utilization of C1 substrates provides a sustainable conversion …

Reversed oxidative TCA (roTCA) for carbon fixation by an Acidimicrobiia strain from a saline lake

L Gao, L Liu, AP Lv, L Fu, ZH Lian, T Nunoura… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Acidimicrobiia are widely distributed in nature and suggested to be autotrophic via the
Calvin–Benson–Bassham (CBB) cycle. However, direct evidence of chemolithoautotrophy in …

Light-driven biosynthesis of volatile, unstable and photosensitive chemicals from CO2

C Li, L Yin, J Wang, H Zheng, J Ni - Nature Synthesis, 2023 - nature.com
Directing CO2 conversion using photoautotrophic microbes offers a promising route to
coupling carbon mitigation with petrochemical replacement. However, solar-based …

New-to-nature CO2-dependent acetyl-CoA assimilation enabled by an engineered B12-dependent acyl-CoA mutase

H Schulz-Mirbach, P Wichmann, A Satanowski… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Acetyl-CoA is a key metabolic intermediate and the product of various natural and synthetic
one-carbon (C1) assimilation pathways. While an efficient conversion of acetyl-CoA into …

[HTML][HTML] Use of high throughput DNA analysis to characterize the nodule-associated bacterial community from four ages of Inga punctata trees in a Costa Rican cloud …

WD Eaton, DA Hamilton, W Chen… - AIMS …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leguminous tree root nodule nitrogen-fixing bacteria are critical for recuperation of soil C
and N cycle processes after disturbance in tropical forests, while other nodule-associated …