Development of a Biocontained Toluene-Degrading Bacterium for Environmental Protection

ABSTRACT Biocontainment is a safeguard strategy for preventing uncontrolled proliferation of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs) in the environment. Biocontained GEMs are designed to survive only in the presence of a specific molecule. The design of a pollutant-degrading and pollutant-depen...

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Main Authors: Masahito Ishikawa, Takaaki Kojima, Katsutoshi Hori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-09-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00259-21