Inhibitor blocks flesh-eating bacteria's metabolism, reducing tissue damage in infections
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such ...
Engineered E. coli could be used to produce biodegradable plastics
E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...
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Optimization of l-Fucose Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli through Pathway Engineering and Mixed Carbon Source Strategy
Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
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Multiple Metabolic Strategies for Green and Efficient 5-Hydroxytryptamine Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli
Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China ...
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What is a model organism? Moving beyond E. coli
You wouldn't know by looking at Escherichia coli that it's kind of a big deal. The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and ...