With increasing evidence that microbes colonize tumors, synthetic biology tools are being
leveraged to repurpose bacteria as tumor-specific delivery systems. These engineered …

Plants benefit extensively from endophytic bacteria, which live in host plant tissues exerting
no harmful effects. Bacterial endophytes promote the growth of host plants and enhance …

Mycotoxins are natural metabolites produced by fungi. Due to their extensive contamination
in agricultural products and severe poisonous effects on humans and animals, the proper …

Plants being sessile are constantly challenged by numerous abiotic stressors that
jeopardize their survival. Drought stress is a major constraint in sustainable agriculture that …

Endophytes, which are widely found in host plants and have no harmful effects, are a vital
biological resource. Plant endophytes promote plant growth and enhance plants' resistance …

Many efforts have been put into engineering plants to improve crop yields and stress
tolerance and boost the bioproduction of valuable molecules. Yet, our capabilities are still …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell-cell communication mechanism that connects members in
various microbial systems. Conventionally, a small number of QS entries are collected for …

The fouling of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) membranes remains a persistent
challenge in desalination. Previous research has focused mainly on fouling separately; …

Highlights•Analysis and designing of microbiomes have become a new paradigm in
microbiology.•Understanding and rational engineering of microbiomes require model-based …

In nature, quorum sensing is one of the mechanisms bacterial populations use to
communicate with their own species or across species to coordinate behaviours. For the last …