Addressing uncertainty in genome-scale metabolic model reconstruction and analysis

DB Bernstein, S Sulheim, E Almaas, D Segrè - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
The reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale metabolic models constitutes a powerful
systems biology approach, with applications ranging from basic understanding of genotype …

[HTML][HTML] A navigation guide of synthetic biology tools for Pseudomonas putida

M Martin-Pascual, C Batianis, L Bruinsma… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas putida is a microbial chassis of huge potential for industrial and
environmental biotechnology, owing to its remarkable metabolic versatility and ability to …

Forest and trees: exploring bacterial virulence with genome-wide association studies and machine learning

JP Allen, E Snitkin, NB Pincus, AR Hauser - Trends in microbiology, 2021 - cell.com
The advent of inexpensive and rapid sequencing technologies has allowed bacterial whole-
genome sequences to be generated at an unprecedented pace. This wealth of information …

Emerging evasion mechanisms of macrophage defenses by pathogenic bacteria

C Leseigneur, P Lê-Bury, J Pizarro-Cerdá… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages participate to the first line of defense against infectious agents. Microbial
pathogens evolved sophisticated mechanisms to escape macrophage killing. Here, we …

Metabolic Versatility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during Infection and Dormancy

DPS Chang, XL Guan - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is a highly
successful intracellular pathogen with the ability to withstand harsh conditions and reside …

Recent advances in constraint and machine learning-based metabolic modeling by leveraging stoichiometric balances, thermodynamic feasibility and kinetic law …

PF Suthers, CJ Foster, D Sarkar, L Wang… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the governing principles behind organisms' metabolism and growth
underpins their effective deployment as bioproduction chassis. A central objective of …

From genotype to phenotype: computational approaches for inferring microbial traits relevant to the food industry

ST Karlsen, MH Rau, BJ Sánchez… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
When selecting microbial strains for the production of fermented foods, various microbial
phenotypes need to be taken into account to achieve target product characteristics, such as …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Metabolism

GT Mashabela, TJ De Wet, DF Warner - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis (TB), a disease which continues to
overwhelm health systems in endemic regions despite the existence of effective combination …

Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates and Resulting Outcomes of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease

JS Peters, N Ismail, A Dippenaar, S Ma… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Tuberculosis claims more human lives than any other bacterial infectious disease and
represents a clear and present danger to global health as new tools for vaccination …

Expanding the search for small-molecule antibacterials by multidimensional profiling

K Ortmayr, R de la Cruz Moreno, M Zampieri - Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 - nature.com
New techniques for systematic profiling of small-molecule effects can enhance traditional
growth inhibition screens for antibiotic discovery and change how we search for new …