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Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities.

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Tsoi, R; Dai, Z; You, L
Published in: Biotechnology advances
November 2019

From biosynthesis to bioremediation, microbes have been engineered to address a variety of biotechnological applications. A promising direction in these endeavors is harnessing the power of designer microbial consortia that consist of multiple populations with well-defined interactions. Consortia can accomplish tasks that are difficult or potentially impossible to achieve using monocultures. Despite their potential, the rules underlying microbial community maintenance and function (i.e. the task the consortium is engineered to carry out) are not well defined, though rapid progress is being made. This limited understanding is in part due to the greater challenges associated with increased complexity when dealing with multi-population interactions. Here, we review key features and design strategies that emerge from the analysis of both natural and engineered microbial communities. These strategies can provide new insights into natural consortia and expand the toolbox available to engineers working to develop novel synthetic consortia.

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Biotechnology advances

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EISSN

1873-1899

ISSN

0734-9750

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

37

Issue

6

Start / End Page

107372

Related Subject Headings

  • Synthetic Biology
  • Microbiota
  • Microbial Interactions
  • Microbial Consortia
  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • 40 Engineering
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 10 Technology
 

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Tsoi, R., Dai, Z., & You, L. (2019). Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities. Biotechnology Advances, 37(6), 107372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.03.011
Tsoi, Ryan, Zhuojun Dai, and Lingchong You. “Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities.Biotechnology Advances 37, no. 6 (November 2019): 107372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.03.011.
Tsoi R, Dai Z, You L. Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities. Biotechnology advances. 2019 Nov;37(6):107372.
Tsoi, Ryan, et al. “Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities.Biotechnology Advances, vol. 37, no. 6, Nov. 2019, p. 107372. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.03.011.
Tsoi R, Dai Z, You L. Emerging strategies for engineering microbial communities. Biotechnology advances. 2019 Nov;37(6):107372.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biotechnology advances

DOI

EISSN

1873-1899

ISSN

0734-9750

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

37

Issue

6

Start / End Page

107372

Related Subject Headings

  • Synthetic Biology
  • Microbiota
  • Microbial Interactions
  • Microbial Consortia
  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • 40 Engineering
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 10 Technology