[HTML][HTML] Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

Role of the extremolytes ectoine and hydroxyectoine as stress protectants and nutrients: genetics, phylogenomics, biochemistry, and structural analysis

L Czech, L Hermann, N Stöveken, AA Richter… - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fluctuations in environmental osmolarity are ubiquitous stress factors in many natural
habitats of microorganisms, as they inevitably trigger osmotically instigated fluxes of water …

Rational flux-tuning of Halomonas bluephagenesis for co-production of bioplastic PHB and ectoine

H Ma, Y Zhao, W Huang, L Zhang, F Wu, J Ye… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Ectoine, a compatible solute synthesized by many halophiles for hypersalinity resistance,
has been successfully produced by metabolically engineered Halomonas bluephagenesis …

Technologies for the bioconversion of methane into more valuable products

S Cantera, R Muñoz, R Lebrero, JC López… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Methanotrophs as a competitive platform for the generation of valuable
products.•CH 4 emissions used as a feedstock in biorefinery reduces GHGs environmental …

Photosynthetic Co-production of Succinate and Ethylene in a Fast-Growing Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 11801

A Sengupta, P Pritam, D Jaiswal, A Bandyopadhyay… - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria are emerging as hosts for photoautotrophic production of chemicals. Recent
studies have attempted to stretch the limits of photosynthetic production, typically focusing …

Optimizing medium composition with wastewater from Coffea arabica processing to produce single‐cell protein using Candida sorboxylosa

OS Pillaca‐Pullo, AM Lopes… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Coffee production is an important agro‐industrial activity in several countries
worldwide. However, during wet processing of coffee beans, substantial quantities of …

Halophiles as chassis for bioproduction

X Zhang, Y Lin, GQ Chen - Advanced Biosystems, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial biotechnology aims to solve the challenges of petroleum‐based production using
microorganisms as catalysts. However, current industrial biotechnology suffers from high …

Methanotrophs as a reservoir for bioactive secondary metabolites: Pitfalls, insights and promises

UM Vasudevan, DHA Mai, S Krishna, EY Lee - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanotrophs are potent natural producers of several bioactive secondary metabolites
(SMs) including isoprenoids, polymers, peptides, and vitamins. Cryptic biosynthetic gene …

Microbial physiological engineering increases the efficiency of microbial cell factories

H Liu, Y Qi, P Zhou, C Ye, C Gao… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Microbial cell factories provide vital platforms for the production of chemicals. Advanced
biotechnological toolboxes have been developed to enhance their efficiency. However …

Optimization of ectoine production from Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis and one-step ectoine purification

F Orhan, E Ceyran, A Akincioğlu - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current study, the optimization of ectoine production by Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis
and purification of ectoine from the bacterial cell extract were performed for the first time …