Current status of pesticide effects on environment, human health and it's eco-friendly management as bioremediation: A comprehensive review

VM Pathak, VK Verma, BS Rawat, B Kaur… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a
variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety of sectors like food …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis

E Rossi, R La Rosa, JA Bartell, RL Marvig… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Intense genome sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF)
airways has shown inefficient eradication of the infecting bacteria, as well as previously …

Automated in vivo enzyme engineering accelerates biocatalyst optimization

E Orsi, L Schada von Borzyskowski, S Noack… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Achieving cost-competitive bio-based processes requires development of stable and
selective biocatalysts. Their realization through in vitro enzyme characterization and …

[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 …

Bacterial autoaggregation

T Trunk, HS Khalil, JC Leo - AIMS microbiology, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many bacteria, both environmental and pathogenic, exhibit the property of autoaggregation.
In autoaggregation (sometimes also called autoagglutination or flocculation), bacteria of the …

Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

GT Beckham, CW Johnson, EM Karp… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is a primary component of lignocellulosic biomass that is an underutilized feedstock
in the growing biofuels industry. Despite the fact that lignin depolymerization has long been …

Unraveling plant natural chemical diversity for drug discovery purposes

E Lautié, O Russo, P Ducrot, JA Boutin - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The screening and testing of extracts against a variety of pharmacological targets in order to
benefit from the immense natural chemical diversity is a concern in many laboratories …

Cascaded amplifying circuits enable ultrasensitive cellular sensors for toxic metals

X Wan, F Volpetti, E Petrova, C French… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Cell-based biosensors have great potential to detect various toxic and pathogenic
contaminants in aqueous environments. However, frequently they cannot meet practical …

[HTML][HTML] A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

J Becker, C Wittmann - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent CRISPR–Cas-based technologies for engineering non-model bacteria

DC Volke, E Orsi, PI Nikel - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•CRISPR–Cas systems promoted the engineering of non-model bacteria.•Tools
include genome modifications and finely-tuned transcriptional regulation.•CRISPR–Cas …