Microbial consortia engineering for cellular factories: In vitro to in silico systems
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2012-10
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This mini-review discusses the current state of experimental and computational microbial consortia engineering with a focus on cellular factories. A discussion of promising ecological theories central to community resource usage is presented to facilitate interpretation of consortial designs. Recent case studies exemplifying different resource usage motifs and consortial assembly templates are presented. The review also highlights in silico approaches to design and to analyze consortia with an emphasis on stoichiometric modeling methods. The discipline of microbial consortia engineering possesses a widely accepted potential to generate highly novel and effective bio-catalysts for applications from biofuels to specialty chemicals to enhanced mineral recovery.
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Bernstein HC, Carlson RP, "Microbial consortia engineering for cellular factories: In vitro to in silico systems," Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, October 2012 3(4):1-8