Plant biomass is a highly abundant renewable resource that can be converted into several
types of high-value-added products, including chemicals, biofuels and advanced materials …

Clostridium difficile is a major cause of intestinal infection and diarrhoea in individuals
following antibiotic treatment. Recent studies have begun to elucidate the mechanisms that …

Hundreds of microbiota genes are associated with host biology/disease. Unraveling the
causal contribution of a microbiota gene to host biology remains difficult because many are …

There is an immediate need to drastically reduce the emissions associated with global fossil
fuel consumption in order to limit climate change. However, carbon-based materials …

The communities of bacteria that reside in the intestinal tract are in constant competition
within this dynamic and densely colonized environment. At homeostasis, the equilibrium that …

Owing to rising levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and oceans, climate change
poses significant environmental, economic, and social challenges globally. Technologies …

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to affect patients in hospitals and communities
worldwide. The spectrum of clinical disease ranges from mild diarrhoea to toxic megacolon …

Genome editing in bacteria encompasses a wide array of laborious and multi-step methods
such as suicide plasmids. The discovery and applications of clustered regularly interspaced …

Clostridium difficile is now considered to be one of the most important causes of health care-
associated infections. C. difficile infections are also emerging in the community and in …

The use of gas fermentation for the production of low carbon biofuels such as ethanol or
butanol from lignocellulosic biomass is an area currently undergoing intensive research and …