The LysR family of transcriptional regulators represents the most abundant type of
transcriptional regulator in the prokaryotic kingdom. Members of this family have a …

Acinetobacter occupies an important position in nature because of its ubiquitous presence in
diverse environments such as soils, fresh water, oceans, sediments, and contaminated sites …

Whole-cell biocatalysts have proven a tractable path toward sustainable production of bulk
and fine chemicals. Yet the screening of libraries of cellular designs to identify best …

Analysis of the catabolic potential of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 against a wide range of
natural aromatic compounds and sequence comparisons with the entire genome of this …

Allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) have proven widely applicable for biotechnology and
synthetic biology as ligand-specific biosensors enabling real-time monitoring, selection and …

Aromatic compounds are ubiquitous in nature; they are the building blocks of abundant
lignin, and constitute a substantial proportion of synthetic chemicals and organic pollutants …

Adipic acid is the most important commercial aliphatic dicarboxylic acid in the chemical
industry and is primarily used for the production of nylon-6, 6 polyamide. The current adipic …

Human activities have resulted in the release and introduction into the environment of a
plethora of aromatic chemicals. The interest in discovering how bacteria are dealing with …

Unicellular algae, termed phytoplankton, greatly impact the marine environment by serving
as the basis of marine food webs and by playing central roles in the biogeochemical cycling …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a process of cell-to-cell communication that bacteria use to
orchestrate collective behaviors in response to changes in cell population density and …