E. coli bacteria help convert plastic waste into paracetamol, thus addressing the concerns of environmental pollution and extensive fossil fuel usage.
Metabolism
Researchers found E. coli can perform extracellular anaerobic respiration, growing without carbon energy sources.
Sepsis survival is influenced by gut microbiota, AhR activation, and metabolites like indoles and tryptophan, improving immune response.
Researchers develop a new method in mice to reduce appetite using engineered probiotic bacteria to secrete appetite-regulating hormones.
Habitual coffee consumption encourages the growth of Lawsonibacter in over 20,000 people
Mycobacterium tuberculosis employs unique L-cysteine biosynthesis pathways, crucial for redox balance, virulence, and antibiotic resistance, highlighting novel drug targets.
Antiviral genes develop a sweet tooth, using glucose to strengthen defenses against viruses.
When Pseudomonas putida is made to produce lots of protein, the bacterium re-organizes its metabolism in previously unknown ways.
Microbes cooperate during cheddar cheese formation and give it its unique flavour.
How does temperature affect the composition of the gut microbiome in hibernating bats?
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