Ecological modelling approaches for predicting emergent properties in microbial communities

NI van den Berg, D Machado, S Santos… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent studies have brought forward the critical role of emergent properties in sha**
microbial communities and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Emergent properties …

Advances and perspectives in the use of biocontrol agents against fungal plant diseases

D Palmieri, G Ianiri, C Del Grosso, G Barone… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of synthetic fungicides to control fungal diseases has growing limitations due to eco-
toxicological risks. Therefore, it is necessary to replace or integrate high risk chemicals with …

Removal of toxic heavy metals using genetically engineered microbes: Molecular tools, risk assessment and management strategies

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, B Ramesh, S Srinivasan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct release of industrial effluent into the water and other anthropogenic activities
causes water pollution. Heavy metal ions are the primary contaminant in the industrial …

Organic waste conversion through anaerobic digestion: a critical insight into the metabolic pathways and microbial interactions

M Yadav, C Joshi, K Paritosh, J Thakur, N Pareek… - Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a promising method for energy recovery through conversion of
organic waste to biogas and other industrial valuables. However, to tap the full potential of …

Reprint of Organic waste conversion through anaerobic digestion: A critical insight into the metabolic pathways and microbial interactions

M Yadav, C Joshi, K Paritosh, J Thakur, N Pareek… - Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a promising method for energy recovery through conversion of
organic waste to biogas and other industrial valuables. However, to tap the full potential of …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the wheat microbiome: Towards microbiome-facilitated crop production

VN Kavamura, R Mendes, A Bargaz… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wheat is one of the world's most important crops, but its production relies heavily on
agrochemical inputs which can be harmful to the environment when used excessively. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Toward merging bottom–up and top–down model-based designing of synthetic microbial communities

D San León, J Nogales - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Analysis and designing of microbiomes have become a new paradigm in
microbiology.•Understanding and rational engineering of microbiomes require model-based …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in constraint-based modelling of microbial communities

A Heinken, A Basile, I Thiele - Current Opinion in Systems Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial communities are near universally present in nature. A wealth of meta-omics data
has been gathered from numerous ecosystems, such as the human gut, ocean or soil …

Potential applications of extremophilic bacteria in the bioremediation of extreme environments contaminated with heavy metals

J Sun, X He, LE Yilin, R Al-Tohamy, SS Ali - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protecting the environment from harmful pollutants has become increasingly difficult in
recent decades. The presence of heavy metal (HM) pollution poses a serious environmental …

Modeling Microbial Communities: Perspective and Challenges

L Raajaraam, K Raman - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microbial communities are immensely important due to their widespread presence and
profound impact on various facets of life. Understanding these complex systems …