Bacterial membrane transporter systems for aromatic compounds: regulation, engineering, and biotechnological applications

I Mutanda, J Sun, J Jiang, D Zhu - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Sustainable development goals for advanced materials provided by industrial wastes and biomass sources

T Kobayashi, L Nakajima - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable green technologies and processes becomes key to a
sustainable society. Through sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations …

[HTML][HTML] Multiplexed fitness profiling by RB-TnSeq elucidates pathways for lignin-related aromatic catabolism in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6

A Bleem, R Kato, ZA Kellermyer, R Katahira… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Bioconversion of lignin-related aromatic compounds relies on robust catabolic pathways in
microbes. Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 (SYK-6) is a well-characterized aromatic catabolic …

Pathway discovery and engineering for cleavage of a β-1 lignin-derived biaryl compound

GN Presley, AZ Werner, R Katahira, DC Garcia… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignin biosynthesis typically results in a polymer with several inter-monomer bond linkages,
and the heterogeneity of linkages presents a challenge for depolymerization processes …

Unraveling the 17β-Estradiol Degradation Pathway in Novosphingobium tardaugens NBRC 16725

J Ibero, B Galán, V Rivero-Buceta… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
We have analyzed the catabolism of estrogens in Novosphingobium tardaugens NBRC
16725, which is able to use endocrine disruptors such as 17β-estradiol, estrone, and estriol …

Iron transport in cyanobacteria–from molecules to communities

GW Qiu, C Koedooder, BS Qiu, Y Shaked… - Trends in microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Iron is an essential micronutrient for the ecologically important photoautotrophic
cyanobacteria which are found across diverse aquatic environments. Low concentrations …

Characterization of aromatic acid/proton symporters in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 toward efficient microbial conversion of lignin-related aromatics

A Wada, ÉT Prates, R Hirano, AZ Werner… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas putida KT2440 (hereafter KT2440) is a well-studied platform bacterium for the
production of industrially valuable chemicals from heterogeneous mixtures of aromatic …

[HTML][HTML] Psychrotrophic plant beneficial bacteria from the glacial ecosystem of Sikkim Himalaya: genomic evidence for the cold adaptation and plant growth promotion

S Mukhia, A Kumar, P Kumari, R Kumar - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Commercial biofertilizers tend to be ineffective in cold mountainous regions due to reduced
metabolic activity of the microbial inoculants under low temperatures. Cold-adapted glacier …

Structure and stoichiometry of the Ton molecular motor

H Celia, N Noinaj, SK Buchanan - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Ton complex is a molecular motor that uses the proton gradient at the inner membrane
of Gram-negative bacteria to generate force and movement, which are transmitted to …

Siderophore for Lanthanide and Iron Uptake for Methylotrophy and Plant Growth Promotion in Methylobacterium aquaticum Strain 22A

PO Juma, Y Fujitani, O Alessa, T Oyama… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methylobacterium and Methylorubrum species are facultative methylotrophic bacteria that
are abundant in the plant phyllosphere. They have two methanol dehydrogenases, MxaF …