Microbial consortia have been used in biotechnology processes, including fermentation,
waste treatment, and agriculture, for millennia. Today, synthetic biologists are increasingly …

Fungi and bacteria coexist in a wide variety of natural and artificial environments which can
lead to their association and interaction–ranging from antagonism to cooperation–that can …

Synthetic microbial consortia represent a new frontier for synthetic biology given that they
can solve more complex problems than monocultures. However, most attempts to co …

Intercellular signaling is indispensable for single cells to form complex biological structures,
such as biofilms, tissues and organs. The genetic tools available for engineering …

Bacteria exist as communities in diverse multispecies environments. Quorum sensing, a
process for cell–cell communication, allows individual bacteria to glean information about …

Functional differentiation and metabolite exchange enable microbial consortia to perform
complex metabolic tasks and efficiently cycle the nutrients. Inspired by the cooperative …

Powerful distributed computing can be achieved by communicating cells that individually
perform simple operations. Here, we report design software to divide a large genetic circuit …

Microbial species rarely exist in isolation. In naturally occurring microbial systems there is
strong evidence for a positive relationship between species diversity and productivity of …

Microbial consortia can complete otherwise arduous tasks through the cooperation of
multiple microbial species. This concept has been applied to produce commodity chemicals …

In natural ecosystems, microorganisms live in communities where each member interacts
with the others and with the environment to efficiently utilise available resources. Division of …