Light-powered Escherichia coli cell division for chemical production

Qiang Ding; Danlei Ma; Gao-Qiang Liu; Yang Li; Liang Guo; Cong Gao; Guipeng Hu; Chao Ye; Jia Liu; Liming Liu; Xiulai Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16154-3

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Light-powered Escherichia coli cell division for chemical production

Qiang Ding,
Danlei Ma,
Gao-Qiang Liu,
Yang Li,
Liang Guo,
Cong Gao,
Guipeng Hu,
Chao Ye,
Jia Liu,
Liming Liu,
Xiulai Chen

Affiliations

Qiang Ding: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Danlei Ma: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Gao-Qiang Liu: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Forestry Biotechnology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Yang Li: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Liang Guo: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Cong Gao: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Guipeng Hu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Chao Ye: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Jia Liu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Liming Liu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Xiulai Chen: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16154-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Manipulation of genes controlling microbial shapes can affect bio-production. Here, the authors employ an optogenetic method to realize dynamic morphological engineering of E. coli replication and division and show the increased production of acetoin and poly(lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate).

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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