All Microbial Biotechnology articles – Page 5
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NewsMarriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials
Researchers have 3D printed a bioink containing plant cells that were then genetically modified, producing programmable materials. Applications could someday include biomanufacturing and sustainable construction.
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FeaturesFrom lab to grid: how living batteries could transform the energy landscape
As researchers find innovative ways to make these power sources more lightweight or longer-lasting, they must also ensure that their inventions are as sustainable as possible.
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NewsEngineering Biology Research Consortium releases roadmap to mitigate, present and adapt to climate change
The roadmap consists of six themes in technologies and applications of engineering biology for climate change and environmental sustainability.
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NewsScientists reveal transferability of extracytoplasmic function switches across bacterial species
A study exploring the bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti identified extracytoplasmic function sigma factor switches with cross-species functionality, constructed genetic circuits, and provided a toolbox for universal synthetic biology applications.
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NewsScientists harness fungal bioluminescence to create glow-in-the-dark plants
Synthetic biologists have reported the discovery of multiple plant enzymes – hispidin synthases – that can perform the most complex reaction of the bioluminescence pathway.
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NewsBiotech start-up BugBiome secures investment for research in sustainable pest protection
BugBiome, a biotech harnessing nature’s microbial defences for pest protection to benefit human and planet health, has successfully closed a pre-seed funding round, securing £310k from Cambridge Angels and Discovery Park Ventures.
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NewsUK government awards £13m for biotechnology research to address environmental challenges
A new research centre, the first of its kind in the UK, is being formed to enhance and develop the natural abilities of micro-organisms in cleaning up our planet.
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NewsScientists develop new biocontainment method for industrial organisms
Researchers have found that by adding an estradiol-controlled destabilising domain degron (ERdd) to the genetic makeup of baker’s yeast, they can control survival of the organism.
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NewsFA Bio secures £5.3m investment from Clean Growth Fund, Pymwymic and Ship2B Ventures
FA Bio, the British bio-tech company, has secured a £5.3 million tranche of investment from three European venture capital investment funds as well as existing shareholders and new private investors.
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NewsScientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
Researchers have engineered bacteria that can produce two chemical products at the same time from underutilized plant fiber. The discovery could help make biofuels more sustainable and commercially viable.
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NewsResearch reveals how Halopseudomonas devours polyester urethane
Researchers have shown how bacteria of the genus Halopseudomonas break down common plastic coatings made of polyester urethane, underlying the relevance of the newly isolated bacterium for the biodegradation of plastics.
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NewsCall for papers for themed Pseudomonas collection in Letters in Applied Microbiology
The journal Letters in Applied Microbiology is to run a themed collection on ’Emerging Horizons in Pseudomonas Biotechnology – Innovations from Early-Career Researchers’.
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NewsSilk fibroin and genipin boost strength of sand moulds created with help of microbes
Scientists in China have found a way to strengthen sand moulds engineered with the help of microbes, delivering a way to make low-carbon cement-based composites and reducing the environmental impact of traditional construction materials.
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NewsResearchers reveal how formaldehyde affects H2-forming biocatalysts
Scientists show experimentally how formaldehyde inhibits a certain class of biocatalysts, namely the particularly efficient hydrogen-generating hydrogenases of the two-iron type – so-called [FeFe]-hydrogenases.
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NewsRNA trickery disarms the antiviral CRISPR defenses of bacteria
Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria.
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NewsDormant bacterial spores offer key insights into evolutionary survival strategies
A new study illuminates the mechanism through which dormant bacterial spores uphold and activate an enduring transcriptional program upon revival, showcasing an extraordinary genetic memory system.
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NewsResearchers make sense of bacterial Babel
An improved understanding of bacterial languages brings us closer to controlling and coordinating the behaviour of bacteria.
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NewsScientists to eliminate bottlenecks to breakthroughs with a new synthetic biology robotics system
Researchers in UC Santa Barbara’s newly designated Biological Engineering (BioE) Department have received a significant boost from the U.S. Army, which awarded a $9.85 million grant to design and purchase state-of-the-art equipment.
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NewsBook scopes out marine natural compounds in search for anti-infective medicines
The latest volume of the Bentham Science book series, Frontiers in Antimicrobial Agents, scopes out the potential of marine natural compounds in the search for anti-infective medicines.
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NewsFermented food bacterium could rival E coli as model bacterium of choice
Scientists in Germany have identified the bacterium Lactiplantibacillus plantarum as having potential to become a model bacterium that could eventually rival E coli.