Genetic engineering of resident bacteria in the gut microbiome

J Arnold, J Glazier, M Mimee - Journal of Bacteriology, 2023 - journals.asm.org
Techniques by which to genetically manipulate members of the microbiota enable both the
evaluation of host-microbe interactions and an avenue by which to monitor and modulate …

Xylanase and cellulase systems of Clostridium sp.: an insight on molecular approaches for strain improvement

L Thomas, A Joseph, LD Gottumukkala - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Bioethanol and biobutanol hold great promise as alternative biofuels, especially for transport
sector, because they can be produced from lignocellulosic agro-industrial residues. From …

Facilitating New Chromium Reducing Microbes to Enhance Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by In Situ Sonoporation-Mediated Gene Transfer in Soils

K Zhao, W Zhang, Z Liang, H Zhao, J Chai… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chromium (Cr) is a heavy metal with a high toxicity and pathogenicity. Microbial reduction is
an effective strategy to remove Cr (VI) at contaminated sites but suffers from the low …

Effectiveness of conventional crop improvement strategies vs. omics

M Tahir ul Qamar, A Faryad, A Bari, B Zahid… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
World's population is increasing exponentially and it is expected to be doubled by the year
2050. In many develo** countries and rural areas, malnourishment is also making the …

Lignin catabolic pathways reveal unique characteristics of dye‐decolorizing peroxidases in Pseudomonas putida

L Lin, X Wang, L Cao, M Xu - Environmental microbiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is one of the largest carbon reservoirs in the environment, playing an important role in
the global carbon cycle. However, lignin degradation in bacteria, especially non‐model …

Insights into plant biomass conversion from the genome of the anaerobic thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725

P Dam, I Kataeva, SJ Yang, F Zhou, Y Yin… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725 utilizes various polysaccharides and grows efficiently
on untreated high-lignin grasses and hardwood at an optimum temperature of∼ 80° C. It is a …

Targeted gene engineering in Clostridium cellulolyticum H10 without methylation

G Cui, W Hong, J Zhang, W Li, Y Feng, Y Liu… - Journal of microbiological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Genetic engineering of Clostridium cellulolyticum has been developed slowly compared
with that of other clostridial species, and one of the major reasons might be the restriction …

Dam and Dcm methylations prevent gene transfer into Clostridium pasteurianum NRRL B-598: development of methods for electrotransformation, conjugation, and …

J Kolek, K Sedlar, I Provaznik, P Patakova - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2016 - Springer
Background Butanol is currently one of the most discussed biofuels. Its use provides many
benefits in comparison to bio-ethanol, but the price of its fermentative production is still high …

Dissecting and engineering metabolic and regulatory networks of thermophilic bacteria for biofuel production

L Lin, J Xu - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Interest in thermophilic bacteria as live-cell catalysts in biofuel and biochemical industry has
surged in recent years, due to their tolerance of high temperature and wide spectrum of …

Restriction modification system analysis and development of in vivo methylation for the transformation of Clostridium cellulovorans

X Yang, M Xu, ST Yang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Clostridium cellulovorans, a cellulolytic bacterium producing butyric and acetic acids as
main fermentation products, is a promising host for biofuel production from cellulose …