ReviewTrends in biotechnology2019
Synthetic Biology Tools to Engineer Microbial Communities for Biotechnology.
Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 211 papers.
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211 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Rethinking Microbial Chemical Ecology: Secondary Metabolites as Concentration-Dependent Signaling Hubs with Implications for Anti-Virulence Intervention.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Dynamic Robust Control of Microbial Communities Using Cybergenetics.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Microbial consortia have been used in biotechnology processes, including fermentation, waste treatment, and agriculture, for millennia. Today, synthetic biologists are increasingly engineering microbial consortia for diverse applications, including the bioproduction of medicines, biofuels, and biomaterials from inexpensive carbon sources. An improved understanding of natural microbial ecosystems, and the development of new tools to construct synthetic consortia and program their behaviors, will vastly expand the functions that can be performed by communities of interacting microorganisms. Here, we review recent advancements in synthetic biology tools and approaches to engineer synthetic microbial consortia, discuss ongoing and emerging efforts to apply consortia for various biotechnological applications, and suggest future applications.
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