Methane,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
2(3), С. 279 - 303
Опубликована: Июль 19, 2023
Methane,
a
potent
greenhouse
gas,
has
gained
significant
attention
due
to
its
environmental
impact
and
economic
potential.
Chemical
industries
have
focused
on
specialized
catalytic
systems,
like
zeolites,
convert
methane
into
methanol.
However,
inherent
limitations
in
selectivity,
irreversibility,
pore
blockages
result
high
costs
energy
requirements,
thus
hindering
their
commercial
viability
profitability.
In
contrast,
biological
conversion
using
methanotrophs
emerged
as
promising
alternative,
offering
higher
rates,
self-renewability,
improved
economically
feasible
upstream
processes.
Nevertheless,
oxidation
encounters
challenges
including
the
difficulty
cultivating
slow
growth
which
hinder
large-scale
bioprocessing.
Another
highlighted
limitation
is
limited
mass
transfer
of
liquid
bioreactors.
Practical
strategies
enhance
optimizing
reactor
design
improve
transfer,
altering
metal
concentrations,
genetic
engineering
monooxygenases,
enzyme
encapsulation,
utilizing
microbial
consortia
are
discussed.
By
addressing
chemical
approaches
highlighting
potential
methods,
review
concluded
that
utilization
genetically
engineered
methanotrophic
biofilms
beads
within
biotrickling
reactor,
along
with
enhanced
aeration
will
likely
subsequent
rates.
Toxics,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
10(8), С. 484 - 484
Опубликована: Авг. 19, 2022
Environmental
pollution
brought
on
by
xenobiotics
and
other
related
recalcitrant
compounds
have
recently
been
identified
as
a
major
risk
to
both
human
health
the
natural
environment.
Due
their
toxicity
non-biodegradability,
wide
range
of
pollutants,
such
heavy
metals,
polychlorinated
biphenyls,
plastics,
various
agrochemicals
are
present
in
Bioremediation
is
an
effective
cleaning
technique
for
removing
toxic
waste
from
polluted
environments
that
gaining
popularity.
Various
microorganisms,
including
aerobes
anaerobes,
used
bioremediation
treat
contaminated
sites.
Microorganisms
play
role
bioremediation,
given
it
process
which
hazardous
wastes
pollutants
eliminated,
degraded,
detoxified,
immobilized.
Pollutants
degraded
converted
less
forms,
primary
goal
bioremediation.
Ex
situ
or
can
be
used,
depending
variety
factors,
cost,
pollutant
types,
concentration.
As
result,
suitable
method
has
chosen.
This
review
focuses
most
recent
developments
techniques,
how
microorganisms
break
down
different
what
future
holds
order
reduce
amount
world.
Environmental Microbiome,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2021
Abstract
Global
plastic
production
has
increased
exponentially
since
manufacturing
commenced
in
the
1950’s,
including
polymer
types
infused
with
diverse
additives
and
fillers.
While
negative
impacts
of
plastics
are
widely
reported,
particularly
on
marine
vertebrates,
microbial
life
remain
poorly
understood.
Plastics
impact
microbiomes
directly,
exerting
toxic
effects,
providing
supplemental
carbon
sources
acting
as
rafts
for
colonisation
dispersal.
Indirect
consequences
include
environmental
shading,
altered
compositions
host
communities
disruption
organism
or
community
health,
hormone
balances
immune
responses.
The
isolation
application
plastic-degrading
microbes
substantial
interest
yet
little
evidence
supports
biodegradation
most
high
molecular
weight
synthetic
polymers.
Over
400
species
have
been
presumptively
identified
capable
degradation,
but
degradation
highly
prevalent
polymers
polypropylene,
nylon,
polystyrene
polyvinyl
chloride
must
be
treated
caution;
studies
fail
to
differentiate
losses
caused
by
leaching
monomers,
Even
where
is
demonstrated,
such
polyethylene
terephthalate,
ability
microorganisms
degrade
more
crystalline
forms
used
commercial
appears
limited.
Microbiomes
frequently
work
conjunction
abiotic
factors
heat
light
structural
integrity
accessibility
enzymatic
attack.
Consequently,
there
remains
much
scope
extremophile
explored
a
source
enzymes
microorganisms.
We
propose
best-practice
workflow
isolating
reporting
taxa
from
microbiomes,
which
should
multiple
lines
supporting
changes
structure,
mass
loss,
detection
presumed
products,
along
confirmation
strains
(and
their
associated
genes)
responsible
degradation.
Such
approaches
necessary
degraders
differentiated
organisms
only
degrading
labile
within
predominantly
amorphous
plastics,
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2018,
Номер
9(1)
Опубликована: Июль 5, 2018
Abstract
Advancing
synthetic
biology
to
the
multicellular
level
requires
development
of
multiple
cell-to-cell
communication
channels
that
propagate
information
with
minimal
signal
interference.
The
quorum-sensing
devices,
cornerstone
technology
for
building
microbial
communities
coordinated
system
behaviour,
has
largely
focused
on
cognate
acyl-homoserine
lactone
(AHL)/transcription
factor
pairs,
while
use
non-cognate
pairs
as
a
design
feature
received
limited
attention.
Here,
we
demonstrate
large
library
AHL-receiver
all
and
chemical
interactions
quantified,
develop
software
tool
automatically
selects
orthogonal
channels.
We
this
approach
identify
up
four
in
silico,
experimentally
simultaneous
three
co-culture.
non-interfering
is
an
enabling
step
facilitates
consortia
applications
including
distributed
bio-computation,
increased
bioprocess
efficiency,
cell
specialisation
spatial
organisation.
Environment International,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
154, С. 106560 - 106560
Опубликована: Апрель 16, 2021
The
extensive
use
of
phthalic
acid
esters
(PAEs)
has
led
to
their
widespread
distribution
across
various
environments.
As
PAEs
pose
significant
threats
human
health,
it
is
urgent
develop
efficient
strategies
eliminate
them
from
Bacteria-driven
PAE
biodegradation
been
considered
as
an
inexpensive
yet
effective
strategy
restore
the
contaminated
Despite
great
advances
in
bacterial
culturing
and
sequencing,
inherent
complexity
indigenous
microbial
community
hinders
us
mechanistically
understand
situ
efficiently
harness
degrading
power
bacteria.
synthetic
ecology
provides
a
simple
controllable
model
system
address
this
problem.
In
review,
we
focus
on
current
progress
mediated
by
isolates
communities,
discuss
prospective
PAE-degrading
communities
research.
It
anticipated
that
theories
approaches
will
revolutionize
study
bacteria-driven
provide
novel
insights
for
developing
bioremediation
solutions.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal,
Год журнала:
2020,
Номер
19, С. 226 - 246
Опубликована: Дек. 16, 2020
Microbes
do
not
live
in
isolation
but
microbial
communities.
The
relevance
of
communities
is
increasing
due
to
growing
awareness
their
influence
on
a
huge
number
environmental,
health
and
industrial
processes.
Hence,
being
able
control
engineer
the
output
both
natural
synthetic
would
be
great
interest.
However,
most
available
methods
biotechnological
applications
involving
microorganisms,
vivo
silico,
have
been
developed
context
isolated
microbes.
In
consortia
development
extremely
difficult
costly
because
it
implies
replicating
suitable
environments
wet-lab.
Computational
approaches
are
thus
good,
cost-effective
alternative
study
communities,
mainly
via
descriptive
modelling,
also
engineering
modelling.
this
review
we
provide
detailed
compilation
examples
engineered
comprehensive,
historical
revision
computational
metabolic
modelling
better
understand,
rationally
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