Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation
In natural environments microorganisms commonly exist as communities of multiple species that are capable of performing more varied and complicated tasks than clonal populations. Synthetic biologists have engineered clonal populations with characteristics such as differentiation, memory and pattern...
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| description | In natural environments microorganisms commonly exist as communities of multiple species that are capable of performing more varied and complicated tasks than clonal populations. Synthetic biologists have engineered clonal populations with characteristics such as differentiation, memory and pattern formation, which are usually associated with more complex multicellular organisms. The prospect of designing microbial communities has alluring possibilities for environmental, biomedical and energy applications and is likely to reveal insight into how natural microbial consortia function. Cell signaling and communication pathways between different species are likely to be key processes for designing novel functions in synthetic and natural consortia. Recent efforts to engineer synthetic microbial interactions will be reviewed here, with particular emphasis given to research with significance for industrial applications in the field of biomining and bioremediation of acid mine drainage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfcaac38173e48c2ba809d1a22e02fc72022-12-22T03:18:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2012-06-01310.3389/fmicb.2012.0020327210Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediationKarl Dietrich Brune0Travis eBayer1Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonIn natural environments microorganisms commonly exist as communities of multiple species that are capable of performing more varied and complicated tasks than clonal populations. Synthetic biologists have engineered clonal populations with characteristics such as differentiation, memory and pattern formation, which are usually associated with more complex multicellular organisms. The prospect of designing microbial communities has alluring possibilities for environmental, biomedical and energy applications and is likely to reveal insight into how natural microbial consortia function. Cell signaling and communication pathways between different species are likely to be key processes for designing novel functions in synthetic and natural consortia. Recent efforts to engineer synthetic microbial interactions will be reviewed here, with particular emphasis given to research with significance for industrial applications in the field of biomining and bioremediation of acid mine drainage.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00203/fullMicrobial ConsortiaSynthetic Biologysynthetic microbial consortiabiominingbioleachingbioremediation |
| spellingShingle | Karl Dietrich Brune Travis eBayer Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation Frontiers in Microbiology Microbial Consortia Synthetic Biology synthetic microbial consortia biomining bioleaching bioremediation |
| title | Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| title_full | Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| title_fullStr | Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| title_short | Engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| title_sort | engineering microbial consortia to enhance biomining and bioremediation |
| topic | Microbial Consortia Synthetic Biology synthetic microbial consortia biomining bioleaching bioremediation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00203/full |
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