Synthetic biology tools for environmental protection

Enhancement degradation efficiency of pyrethroid-degrading esterase (Est816) through rational design and its application in bioremediation

(2023) Xinjiong Fan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Improvement of a highly sensitive and specific whole-cell biosensor by adding a positive feedback amplifier

(2023) Shuting Hu et al.   Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology

Highly efficient low-temperature biodegradation of polyethylene microplastics by using cold-active laccase cell-surface display system

(2023) Ailin Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Emergent CRISPR–Cas-based technologies for engineering non-model bacteria

(2023) Daniel C. Volke et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

A structured evaluation of genome-scale constraint-based modeling tools for microbial consortia

(2023) William T. Scott et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Biocatalytic lipoprotein bioamphiphile induced treatment of recalcitrant hydrocarbons in petroleum refinery oil sludge through transposon technology

(2022) R. Muneeswari et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Genetically stable CRISPR-based kill switches for engineered microbes

(2022) Austin G. Rottinghaus et al.   Nature Communications

CRISPR/dCas9-RpoD-Mediated Simultaneous Transcriptional Activation and Repression in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

(2022) Yaru Chen et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Bacterial biofilms as platforms engineered for diverse applications

(2022) Zhong Li et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Enhancement of the degradation capacity of IsPETase for PET plastic degradation by protein engineering

(2022) Yidi Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Re-engineering of CUP1 promoter and Cup2/Ace1 transactivator to convert Saccharomyces cerevisiae into a whole-cell eukaryotic biosensor capable of detecting 10 nM of bioavailable copper

(2022) Bojan Žunar et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Synthetic Biology Toolbox, Including a Single-Plasmid CRISPR-Cas9 System to Biologically Engineer the Electrogenic, Metal-Resistant Bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34

(2022) Federico Turco et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Bacterial remediation of pesticide polluted soils: Exploring the feasibility of site restoration

(2022) Priyanka Bokade et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

FluorMango, an RNA‐Based Fluorogenic Biosensor for the Direct and Specific Detection of Fluoride

(2022) Claire Husser et al.   Small

Synthetic biology of extremophiles: a new wave of biomanufacturing

(2022) Jian-Wen Ye et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biological and technical challenges for implementation of yeast‐based biosensors

(2022) Ehtisham Wahid et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Genome-based engineering of ligninolytic enzymes in fungi

(2021) Michael Dare Asemoloye et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Biodegradation and up-cycling of polyurethanes: Progress, challenges, and prospects

(2021) Jiawei Liu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Measurement Techniques to Resolve and Control Population Dynamics of Mixed-Culture Processes

(2021) Ivan Schlembach et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genetically Engineered Methanotroph as a Platform for Bioaugmentation of Chemical Pesticide Contaminated Soil

(2021) Yongchuang Liu et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Engineering organophosphate hydrolase for enhanced biocatalytic performance: A review

(2021) Lijie Wang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Biotechnological basis of microbial consortia for the removal of pesticides from the environment

(2021) Pankaj Bhatt et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Novel consortia of Enterobacter and Pseudomonas formulated from cow dung exhibited enhanced biodegradation of polyethylene and polypropylene

(2021) Sinosh Skariyachan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Analysis of the cyanobacterial amino acid metabolism with a precise genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Anabaena sp. UTEX 2576

(2021) Daniel A. Norena-Caro et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Genetic toolkits for engineering Rhodococcus species with versatile applications

(2021) Youxiang Liang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Enhanced Bioreduction of Radionuclides by Driving Microbial Extracellular Electron Pumping with an Engineered CRISPR Platform

(2021) Yang-Yang Fan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Enhancing PET hydrolytic enzyme activity by fusion of the cellulose–binding domain of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei

(2021) Longhai Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of the role of esterases in the biodegradation of organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid pesticides

(2021) Pankaj Bhatt et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bioremediation of lignin derivatives and phenolics in wastewater with lignin modifying enzymes: Status, opportunities and challenges

(2021) Anil Kumar Singh et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microbial whole-cell biosensors: Current applications, challenges, and future perspectives

(2021) Michael Moraskie et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Remediation of emerging contaminated sites due to uncontrolled e-waste recycling

(2021) Siyi Lin et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Development of a CRISPR interference system for selective gene knockdown in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

(2021) Shohei Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

A Hyperthermoactive-Cas9 Editing Tool Reveals the Role of a Unique Arsenite Methyltransferase in the Arsenic Resistance System of Thermus thermophilus HB27

(2021) Giovanni Gallo et al.   mBio

Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants by Insects Expressing a Fungal Laccase

(2021) Michael Clark et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

A critical review on the phytoremediation of heavy metals from environment: Performance and challenges

(2021) Xing Shen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Whole-cell bioreporters for evaluating petroleum hydrocarbon contamination

(2020) Bo Jiang et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Omics Approaches to Pesticide Biodegradation

(2020) Alexis Rodríguez et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Rediverting Electron Flux with an Engineered CRISPR-ddAsCpf1 System to Enhance the Pollutant Degradation Capacity of Shewanella oneidensis

(2020) Jie Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Genome‐scale metabolic reconstruction and in silico analysis of the rice leaf blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae

(2020) Lokanand Koduru et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Stress-tolerant non-conventional microbes enable next-generation chemical biosynthesis

(2020) Sarah Thorwall et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Design and Optimization of a Cell-Free Atrazine Biosensor

(2020) Adam D. Silverman et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Degradation of Recalcitrant Polyurethane and Xenobiotic Additives by a Selected Landfill Microbial Community and Its Biodegradative Potential Revealed by Proximity Ligation-Based Metagenomic Analysis

(2020) Itzel Gaytán et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

PgCYP76B93 docks on phenylurea herbicides and its expression enhances chlorotoluron tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2020) Jinhoon Jang et al.   Applied Biological Chemistry

Inorganic Cadmium Detection Using a Fluorescent Whole-Cell Bacterial Bioreporter

(2020) Evrim Elcin et al.   ANALYTICAL LETTERS

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Alternative Strategies for Microbial Remediation of Pollutants via Synthetic Biology

(2020) Shweta Jaiswal et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A comprehensive review of metabolic and genomic aspects of PAH-degradation

(2020) Sakshi et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial biofilm ecology, in silico study of quorum sensing receptor-ligand interactions and biofilm mediated bioremediation

(2020) Biji Balan et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Synthetic biology approaches towards the recycling of metals from the environment

(2020) Michael J. Capeness et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Nitrate removal characteristics and 13C metabolic pathways of aerobic denitrifying bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans Z195

(2020) Haihan Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

A novel fed-batch strategy enhances lipid and astaxanthin productivity without compromising biomass of Chromochloris zofingiensis

(2020) Han Sun et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants

(2020) Jaeyoung K. Jung et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Phytoremediation of acetochlor residue by transgenic Arabidopsis expressing the acetochlor N-dealkylase from Sphingomonas wittichii DC-6

(2020) Cuiwei Chu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Chemical controllable gene drive in Drosophila

(2020) Dongwoo Chae et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

A Systems-Based Approach for Cyanide Overproduction by Bacillus megaterium for Gold Bioleaching Enhancement

(2020) Javad Aminian-Dehkordi et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Construction of a new lipase- and xylanase-producing oleaginous yeast consortium capable of reactive azo dye degradation and detoxification

(2020) Sameh Samir Ali et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Application of Firefly Luciferase (Luc) as a Reporter Gene for the Chemoautotrophic and Acidophilic Acidithiobacillus spp.

(2020) Xianke Chen et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Synthetic Biology on Acetogenic Bacteria for Highly Efficient Conversion of C1 Gases to Biochemicals

(2020) Sangrak Jin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Genetically engineered thermotolerant facultative anaerobes for high-efficient degradation of multiple hazardous nitroalkanes

(2020) Bingling Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Development of an efficient pathway construction strategy for rapid evolution of the biodegradation capacity of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and its application in bioremediation

(2020) Yuxin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Synthetic Methylotrophy in Yeasts: Towards a Circular Bioeconomy

(2020) Jonathan Thomas Fabarius et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Horizontal ‘gene drives’ harness indigenous bacteria for bioremediation

(2020) Katherine E. French et al.   Scientific Reports

Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose to itaconic acid by a co-culture of Trichoderma reesei and Ustilago maydis

(2020) Ivan Schlembach et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Multisystem combined uranium resistance mechanisms and bioremediation potential of Stenotrophomonas bentonitica BII-R7: Transcriptomics and microscopic study

(2020) M. Pinel-Cabello et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Plastic biodegradation: Frontline microbes and their enzymes

(2020) Ayodeji Amobonye et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Binding interaction of glyphosate with glyphosate oxidoreductase and C–P lyase: Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies

(2020) Pankaj Bhatt et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Engineering biological diversity: the international governance of synthetic biology, gene drives, and de-extinction for conservation

(2020) Jesse L Reynolds   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics Provide a Holistic View of 4-Nitrophenol Degradation and Concurrent Fatty Acid Catabolism by Rhodococcus sp. Strain BUPNP1

(2019) Kriti Sengupta et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A paper-based, cell-free biosensor system for the detection of heavy metals and date rape drugs

(2019) Alexander Gräwe et al.   PLoS One

Engineering a Model Cell for Rational Tuning of GPCR Signaling

(2019) William M. Shaw et al.   CELL

The identification of phytoextraction potential of Melilotus officinalis and Amaranthus retroflexus growing on copper- and molybdenum-polluted soils

(2019) Karen A. Ghazaryan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH

Enhancement of heavy metal tolerance and accumulation efficiency by expressing Arabidopsis ATP sulfurylase gene in alfalfa

(2019) V. Kumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

An Automated Biomodel Selection System (BMSS) for Gene Circuit Designs

(2019) Jing Wui Yeoh et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Overexpression of ginseng cytochrome P450 CYP736A12 alters plant growth and confers phenylurea herbicide tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2019) Sanjida Khanom et al.   Journal of Ginseng Research

Construction of an Escherichia coli strain to degrade phenol completely with two modified metabolic modules

(2019) Bo Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Mitigation of environmental pollution by genetically engineered bacteria — Current challenges and future perspectives

(2019) Lina Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plug-and-play metabolic transducers expand the chemical detection space of cell-free biosensors

(2019) Peter L. Voyvodic et al.   Nature Communications

CRISPR-Cas12a-Mediated Gene Deletion and Regulation in Clostridium ljungdahlii and Its Application in Carbon Flux Redirection in Synthesis Gas Fermentation

(2019) Ran Zhao et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Artificially selecting microbial communities: If we can breed dogs, why not microbiomes?

(2019) Flor I. Arias-Sánchez et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Gene Tags Assessment by Comparative Genomics (GTACG): A User-Friendly Framework for Bacterial Comparative Genomics

(2019) Caio Rafael do Nascimento Santiago et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Reconstruction and analysis of a three‐compartment genome‐scale metabolic model for Pseudomonas fluorescens

(2019) Xiaoyan Huang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

High‐quality genome‐scale metabolic modelling of Pseudomonas putida highlights its broad metabolic capabilities

(2019) Juan Nogales et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Using a marine microalga as a chassis for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation

(2019) Daniel Moog et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Expression, purification, characterization and in silico analysis of newly isolated hydrocarbon degrading bleomycin resistance dioxygenase

(2019) Vinay Sharma et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Heterologous expression of the metallothionein PpMT2 gene from Physcomitrella patens confers enhanced tolerance to heavy metal stress on transgenic Arabidopsis plants

(2019) Yue Liu et al.   PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

A CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing system for Rhodococcus ruber TH

(2019) Youxiang Liang et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

A workflow for generating multi-strain genome-scale metabolic models of prokaryotes

(2019) Charles J. Norsigian et al.   Nature Protocols

Manually curated genome-scale reconstruction of the metabolic network of Bacillus megaterium DSM319

(2019) Javad Aminian-Dehkordi et al.   Scientific Reports

Point-of-Use Detection of Environmental Fluoride via a Cell-Free Riboswitch-Based Biosensor

(2019) Walter Thavarajah et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

The engineering of spatially linked microbial consortia – potential and perspectives

(2019) Sami Ben Said et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Involvement of organic acids and amino acids in ameliorating Ni(II) toxicity induced cell cycle dysregulation in Caulobacter crescentus: a metabolomics analysis

(2018) Abhishek Jain et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Overexpression of PtABCC1 contributes to mercury tolerance and accumulation in Arabidopsis and poplar

(2018) Liping Sun et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Bio-recycling of metals: Recycling of technical products using biological applications

(2018) Katrin Pollmann et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Metagenome enrichment approach used for selection of oil-degrading bacteria consortia for drill cutting residue bioremediation

(2018) Alaine B. Guerra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Expression of the human gene CYP1A2 enhances tolerance and detoxification of the phenylurea herbicide linuron in Arabidopsis thaliana plants and Escherichia coli

(2018) Ehab Azab et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Two mulberry phytochelatin synthase genes confer zinc/cadmium tolerance and accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco

(2018) Wei Fan et al.   GENE

Repurposing bacterial extracellular matrix for selective and differential abstraction of rare earth elements

(2018) Pei Kun R. Tay et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Pyrene biodegradation and proteomic analysis in Achromobacter xylosoxidans , PY4 strain

(2018) Alexis Nzila et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Construction of long-chain alkane degrading bacteria and its application in bioremediation of crude oil pollution

(2018) Long Meng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Health risk characterization of maximum legal exposures for persistent organic pollutant (POP) pesticides in residential soil: An analysis

(2018) Zijian Li   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Engineering Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for efficient ethylene glycol utilization

(2018) Mary Ann Franden et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

CRISPR/Cas9 editing genome of extremophile Halomonas spp.

(2018) Qin Qin et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Fast automated reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic models for microbial species and communities

(2018) Daniel Machado et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Engineering rice with lower grain arsenic

(2018) Fenglin Deng et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Overexpression of a Miscanthus sacchariflorus yellow stripe-like transporter MsYSL1 enhances resistance of Arabidopsis to cadmium by mediating metal ion reallocation

(2018) Houming Chen et al.   PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

MicroRNA166 Modulates Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation in Rice

(2018) Yanfei Ding et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Facilitated citrate-dependent iron translocation increases rice endosperm iron and zinc concentrations

(2018) Ting-Ying Wu et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Chelant-Induced Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils: A Review

(2018) Xunguang Bian et al.   POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

(2018) Harry P. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An engineered Pseudomonas putida can simultaneously degrade organophosphates, pyrethroids and carbamates

(2018) Ting Gong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A Rational Active-Site Redesign Converts a Decarboxylase into a C═C Hydratase: “Tethered Acetate” Supports Enantioselective Hydration of 4-Hydroxystyrenes

(2018) Stefan E. Payer et al.   ACS Catalysis

Molecular Toolkit for Gene Expression Control and Genome Modification in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2018) Drew M. DeLorenzo et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Developing a Synthetic Biology Toolkit for Comamonas testosteroni, an Emerging Cellular Chassis for Bioremediation

(2018) Qiang Tang et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Traceability, reproducibility and wiki-exploration for “à-la-carte” reconstructions of genome-scale metabolic models

(2018) Méziane Aite et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

A Genomic Outlook on Bioremediation: The Case of Arsenic Removal

(2018) Frédéric Plewniak et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biofuel Production Using Thermochemical Conversion of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Biomass (HMCB) Harvested from Phytoextraction Process

(2018) Wafa Dastyar et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Bioremediation through microbes: systems biology and metabolic engineering approach

(2018) Arun Kumar Dangi et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Overexpression of Sedum alfredii cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase increases the tolerance and accumulation of cadmium in Arabidopsis

(2018) Wenmin Qiu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Automated generation of genome-scale metabolic draft reconstructions based on KEGG

(2018) Emil Karlsen et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Overexpression of Three Duplicated BnPCS Genes Enhanced Cd Accumulation and Translocation in Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant cad1–3

(2018) Jiuyuan Bai et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Efficient enzymatic degradation of poly (ɛ-caprolactone) by an engineered bifunctional lipase-cutinase

(2018) Min Liu et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

RAVEN 2.0: A versatile toolbox for metabolic network reconstruction and a case study on Streptomyces coelicolor

(2018) Hao Wang et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Synthetic Biology Tools to Engineer Microbial Communities for Biotechnology

(2018) Nicholas S. McCarty et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Heterologous Expression of Pteris vittata Arsenite Antiporter PvACR3;1 Reduces Arsenic Accumulation in Plant Shoots

(2017) Yanshan Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Toward Financially Viable Phytoextraction and Production of Plant-Based Palladium Catalysts

(2017) Zakuan A. S. Harumain et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Knocking Out OsPT4 Gene Decreases Arsenate Uptake by Rice Plants and Inorganic Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Grains

(2017) Yue Cao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Augmentation with potential endophytes enhances phytostabilization of Cr in contaminated soil

(2017) Muhammad T. Ahsan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Double genetically modified symbiotic system for improved Cu phytostabilization in legume roots

(2017) Patricia Pérez-Palacios et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Removal of copper from aqueous solutions by rhizofiltration using genetically modified hairy roots expressing a bacterial Cu-binding protein

(2017) Patricia Pérez-Palacios et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Bacterial endophytes enhance phytostabilization in soils contaminated with uranium and lead

(2017) Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice

(2017) Yi Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phytoremediation of arsenic from the contaminated soil using transgenic tobacco plants expressing ACR2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2017) Noor Nahar et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolism of Free Guanidine in Bacteria Is Regulated by a Widespread Riboswitch Class

(2017) James W. Nelson et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

OsHAC4 is critical for arsenate tolerance and regulates arsenic accumulation in rice

(2017) Jiming Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arsenic methylation by a genetically engineered Rhizobium-legume symbiont

(2017) Jun Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Enhanced metal tolerance correlates with heterotypic variation in SpMTL, a metallothionein-like protein from the hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola

(2017) Jia-Shi Peng et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The potential of genetic engineering of plants for the remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals

(2017) Elisa Fasani et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing

(2017) Ioannis Mougiakos et al.   Nature Communications

Functional characterization of a type 2 metallothionein gene, SsMT2, from alkaline-tolerant Suaeda salsa

(2017) Shumei Jin et al.   Scientific Reports

A Synthetic Circuit for Mercury Bioremediation Using Self-Assembling Functional Amyloids

(2017) Pei Kun R. Tay et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

OsARM1, an R2R3 MYB Transcription Factor, Is Involved in Regulation of the Response to Arsenic Stress in Rice

(2017) Feng-Zhu Wang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

OsPT4 Contributes to Arsenate Uptake and Transport in Rice

(2017) Ying Ye et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microbially derived biosensors for diagnosis, monitoring and epidemiology

(2017) Hung-Ju Chang et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Bacterial host and reporter gene optimization for genetically encoded whole cell biosensors

(2016) Catherine Brutesco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Molecular Mechanisms of Two-Component Signal Transduction

(2016) Christopher P. Zschiedrich et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Diseases due to unhealthy environments: an updated estimate of the global burden of disease attributable to environmental determinants of health

(2016) A. Prüss-Ustün et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Cas9-triggered chain ablation of cas9 as a gene drive brake

(2016) Bing Wu et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rice NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE 2 expression improves dietary iron and zinc levels in wheat

(2016) Simrat Pal Singh et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

A novel heavy metal ATPase peptide from Prosopis juliflora is involved in metal uptake in yeast and tobacco

(2016) Nisha S. Keeran et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Metabolic Engineering of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for Complete Mineralization of Methyl Parathion and γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane

(2016) Ting Gong et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

CRISPR/Cas9-Based Efficient Genome Editing in Clostridium ljungdahlii, an Autotrophic Gas-Fermenting Bacterium

(2016) He Huang et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Biodegradation of 3-methyldiphenylether (MDE) by Hydrogenophaga atypical strain QY7-2 and cloning of the methy-oxidation gene mdeABCD

(2016) Qian Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

New biosensor for detection of copper ions in water based on immobilized genetically modified yeast cells

(2015) Irena Vopálenská et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Pushing the limits of nickel detection to nanomolar range using a set of engineered bioluminescent Escherichia coli

(2015) Julien Cayron et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Bacterial Riboswitches Cooperatively Bind Ni 2+ or Co 2+ Ions and Control Expression of Heavy Metal Transporters

(2015) Kazuhiro Furukawa et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Multi-input CRISPR/Cas genetic circuits that interface host regulatory networks

(2014) A. A. Nielsen et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

A brief history of synthetic biology

(2014) D. Ewen Cameron et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Concerning RNA-guided gene drives for the alteration of wild populations

(2014) Kevin M Esvelt et al.   eLife

Engineered fumarate sensing Escherichia coli based on novel chimeric two-component system

(2013) Irisappan Ganesh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Alternative fermentation conditions for improved Escherichia coli-based cell-free protein synthesis for proteins requiring supplemental components for proper synthesis

(2013) Mark Thomas Smith et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Analytical strategies for improving the robustness and reproducibility of bioluminescent microbial bioreporters

(2011) Aldo Roda et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Construction of a Genetically Engineered Microorganism that Simultaneously Degrades Organochlorine and Organophosphate Pesticides

(2011) Jijian Yang et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Construction of Copper Removing Bacteria Through the Integration of Two-Component System and Cell Surface Display

(2011) Sambandam Ravikumar et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A study on the dynamics of the zraP gene expression profile and its application to the construction of zinc adsorption bacteria

(2011) Sambandam Ravikumar et al.   BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Cell-free protein synthesis: Applications come of age

(2011) Erik D. Carlson et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Characterization of the Metabolically Modified Heavy Metal-Resistant Cupriavidus metallidurans Strain MSR33 Generated for Mercury Bioremediation

(2011) Luis A. Rojas et al.   PLoS One

A Novel Mechanism of Programmed Cell Death in Bacteria by Toxin–Antitoxin Systems Corrupts Peptidoglycan Synthesis

(2011) Hannes Mutschler et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

(2009) Daniel G Gibson et al.   NATURE METHODS

The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: improving public access

(2009) Junfeng Gao et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Systems for applied gene control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) Douglas Maya et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Pseudomonas putida KT2440: iJN746 as a cell factory

(2008) Juan Nogales et al.   BMC Systems Biology

Structural Basis for Specific, High-Affinity Tetracycline Binding by an In Vitro Evolved Aptamer and Artificial Riboswitch

(2008) Hong Xiao et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

A One Pot, One Step, Precision Cloning Method with High Throughput Capability

(2008) Carola Engler et al.   PLoS One