All Industrial Microbiology articles – Page 4
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CareersBacteria deliver living colour to the built environment
PhD student Ella Hetherington reports on her Biochrome installation at the London Festival of Architecture, which demonstrated the application of microbial pigments in architecture and design.
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NewsLignocellulose bio-refinery can co-utilize xylose and glucose in yeast
Scientists have developed a lignocellulose bio-refinery platform for value-added chemical overproduction in yeast.
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NewsScientists uncover mechanism underlying heat shock response in E coli
A study focusing on IbpA, one of the small heat shock proteins, has shed new light on the involvement of this previously unrecognized factor in the heat shock response of E. coli.
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CareersDiego investigates how microbes can one day help to build a Moon settlement
Mentored by Dr. André Antunes, Peruvian student Diego Dueñas Parapar has been carrying out an AMI Summer Placement project focusing on space bio-constructions.
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NewsCyanobacteria can ‘grow’ stronger sand-based construction materials
Researchers have successfully grown bacterial cells in potential sand-based construction materials, according to a study charting the novel development of an additive co-fabrication manufacturing process.
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NewsBacterial circadian clocks show astonishing complexity
An international collaboration has discovered bacterial circadian clocks are widely found in the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
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NewsImaging shows how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
Scientists have developed a multimodal platform to image microbe-semiconductor biohybrids that merge the biosynthetic power of living systems with the ability of semiconductors to harvest light.
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NewsMicrobial cell factories can produce eco-friendly food and cosmetic colourings
Microbial cell factories can produce amino acids, proteins, fats and fatty acids, vitamins, flavours, pigments, alcohols, functional compounds and other food additives used in various foods and cosmetics, a new paper reveals.
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NewsEngineered microbes can make ingredients for infinitely recyclable plastic
Scientists have engineered microbes to make the ingredients for recyclable plastics – replacing finite, polluting petrochemicals with sustainable alternatives.
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OpinionEmerging risks in public health: Is bottled water contamination something to worry about?
The UN-Water 2030 Strategy states that water and sanitation challenges are growing at an alarming rate, threatening people, planet, peace and prosperity.
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NewsBiosurfactants may offer green solution for tackling oil spills
Researchers investigating whether biosurfactants could increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater say there is potential for a more effective and environmentally friendly oil spill response.
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OpinionMadonna, Mass Consumption and Microbes
Back in 1984, Madonna already knew we were ‘living in a material world’, and since then, things have only got worse.
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NewsBioengineered yeast devouring agricultural waste could close carbon circle
Researchers report making modified yeast that can feed on a wider range of materials, many of which can be derived from agricultural by-products that we don’t use known as waste biomass.
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NewsElectrons and microbes are key to bio-based nylon process
Researchers have developed a process that can produce adipic acid, one of two building blocks of nylon, from phenol through electrochemical synthesis and the use of microorganisms.
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NewsSolving by-product problem paves way for bacterium to produce chemicals
An engineering technique that domesticates Vibrio natriegens to overcome the production of an unwanted by-product could pave the way for the bacterium to become a producer of chemicals, researchers have found.
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NewsBioleaching bacteria exploit cracks to form biofilms on REE rocks
Bioleaching bacteria home in on and around grooves and crevices in rare earth element-bearing rocks and form biofilms, potentially offering a route to making the process more efficient, a new study shows.
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NewsUnravelling Coenzyme Q10 pathway could pave way to industrial production
Scientists have unravelled part of the Coenzyme Q10 biosynthetic pathway in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, paving the way to enhancing the bacterium so that it can produce the probiotic on an industrial scale.
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NewsFermentation process transforms agri-waste into lactic acid
Researchers have used consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS) to take the raw material of lignocellulose and produce lactic acid through a fermentation process.
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NewsAI plus microbes could unlock higher biogas production for UK
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to develop better microorganism-led processes that efficiently devour products such as food waste, wastewater and animal manure to help boost the UK’s burgeoning green industry.
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NewsElectromicrobiology conference sparks Sustainable Microbiology themed collection
The new not-for-profit open access journal Sustainable Microbiology is to run a special themed edition on electromicrobiology.
