Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Production of industrial chemicals using renewable biomass feedstock is becoming
increasingly important to address limited fossil resources, climate change and other …

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 …

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) are a phylogenetically diverse group of organisms
that can harness solar energy for their growth and metabolism. These bacteria vary broadly …

Synthetic biology is here to stay and will transform agriculture if given the chance. The huge
challenges facing food, fuel and chemical production make it vital to give synthetic biology …

Major advances toward a bio-based industry enabled cost-efficient bioproduction of multiple
chemicals, yet successful industrial processes are relatively scarce and limited to the use of …

RetroRules is a database of reaction rules for metabolic engineering (https://retrorules. org).
Reaction rules are generic descriptions of chemical reactions that can be used in …

The use of renewable waste feedstocks is an environment‐friendly choice contributing to the
reduction of waste treatment costs and increasing the economic value of industrial by …

Synthetic biology uses living cells as the substrate for performing human-defined
computations. Many current implementations of cellular computing are based on the …

Biodiversity is the measure of the variation of lifeforms in a given ecological system.
Biodiversity provides ecosystems with the robustness, stability, and resilience that sustains …