Microbial and enzymatic degradation of synthetic plastics

N Mohanan, Z Montazer, PK Sharma… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic plastics are pivotal in our current lifestyle and therefore, its accumulation is a major
concern for environment and human health. Petroleum-derived (petro-) polymers such as …

Industrial biotechnology of Pseudomonas putida: advances and prospects

A Weimer, M Kohlstedt, DC Volke, PI Nikel… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that can be encountered in
diverse ecological habitats. This ubiquity is traced to its remarkably versatile metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas putida as a functional chassis for industrial biocatalysis: from native biochemistry to trans-metabolism

PI Nikel, V de Lorenzo - Metabolic engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The itinerary followed by Pseudomonas putida from being a soil-dweller and plant colonizer
bacterium to become a flexible and engineer-able platform for metabolic engineering stems …

Chasing bacterial chassis for metabolic engineering: a perspective review from classical to non‐traditional microorganisms

P Calero, PI Nikel - Microbial Biotechnology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of novel
bacterial species that hold potential to be used for metabolic engineering. Historically …

Pseudomonas putida KT2440 strain metabolizes glucose through a cycle formed by enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff, Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas, and pentose …

PI Nikel, M Chavarría, T Fuhrer, U Sauer… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440 lacks a functional Embden-Meyerhof-
Parnas (EMP) pathway, and glycolysis is known to proceed almost exclusively through the …

Biotechnological domestication of pseudomonads using synthetic biology

PI Nikel, E Martínez-García, V De Lorenzo - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Much of contemporary synthetic biology research relies on the use of bacterial chassis for
plugging-in and plugging-out genetic circuits and new-to-nature functionalities. However …

High‐quality genome‐scale metabolic modelling of Pseudomonas putida highlights its broad metabolic capabilities

J Nogales, J Mueller, S Gudmundsson… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐scale reconstructions of metabolism are computational species‐specific
knowledge bases able to compute systemic metabolic properties. We present a …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymes revolutionize the bioproduction of value-added compounds: From enzyme discovery to special applications

B Wiltschi, T Cernava, A Dennig, MG Casas… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts,
optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the …

Industrial biotechnology of Pseudomonas putida and related species

I Poblete-Castro, J Becker, K Dohnt… - Applied microbiology …, 2012 - Springer
Since their discovery many decades ago, Pseudomonas putida and related subspecies
have been intensively studied with regard to their potential application in industrial …

Microbial production of volatile fatty acids: current status and future perspectives

SK Bhatia, YH Yang - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2017 - Springer
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are used as building blocks to synthesize a wide range of
commercially-important chemicals. Microbially produced VFAs (acetic acid, propionic acid …