Plant microbiome research highlights the importance of indigenous microbial communities
for host phenotypes such as growth and health. It aims to discover the molecular basis by …

Highlights•One-carbon compounds can be made from CO 2 to provide renewable microbial
feedstocks.•Methanol and formate have key advantages over gaseous one-carbon …

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important carbon feedstock for a future green economy. This
requires the development of efficient strategies for its conversion into multicarbon …

Methylotrophy is a field of study dealing with microorganisms capable of utilization of
compounds devoid of carbon–carbon bonds (C1 compounds). In this review, we highlight …

Sensitive yet rapid methods for detection of rare earth elements (REEs), including
lanthanides (Lns), would facilitate mining and recycling of these elements. Here we report a …

Until recently, rare‐earth elements (REEs) had been thought to be biologically inactive. This
view changed with the discovery of the methanol dehydrogenase XoxF that strictly relies on …

Engineering biotechnological microorganisms to use methanol as a feedstock for
bioproduction is a major goal for the synthetic metabolism community. Here, we aim to …

Methylotrophy is the ability to use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol, as a
single source of carbon and energy. Methanol is, due to its availability and potential for …

Synthetic methylotrophy, the modification of organisms such as E. coli to grow on methanol,
is a longstanding goal of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The poor kinetic …

Differential fluorescent labeling of bacteria has become instrumental for many aspects of
microbiological research, such as the study of biofilm formation, bacterial individuality …