Metabolic Engineering

Latest research

1. Boolean matrix logic programming for active learning of gene functions in genome-scale metabolic network models

   • Lun Ai
   • Stephen H. Muggleton
   • Geoff S. Baldwin

   in Machine Learning

   Article Open access 19 October 2025

   

2. The link of carbon catabolite repression elements, small RNAs CrcY and CrcZ and polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

   • Yixin Che
   • Dominic Harris-Jukes
   • Tanja Narancic

   in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

3. Lactobacillus rhamnosus B16 regulates lipid metabolism homeostasis by producing acetic acid

   • Zhengping Che
   • Juan Huang
   • Jincheng Zeng

   in Journal of Translational Medicine

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

4. Advances in integrating microbial metabolism with catalytic systems

   • Stefania Gianolio
   • Arpita Mrigwani
   • Francesca Paradisi

   in Nature Chemical Biology

   Article 16 October 2025

   

5. Construction of yeast with extremely high 2,3-butanediol tolerance by introducing point and structural mutations and partial elucidation of the mechanism of 2,3-butanediol tolerance

   • Kaito Nakamura
   • Ryosuke Yamada
   • Hiroyasu Ogino

   in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

   Article Open access 16 October 2025

   

6. Current trends in the production of xylitol and paving the way for metabolic engineering in microbes

   • Namrata Pandey
   • Dilshad Ahmad
   • Mohd Asif Shah

   in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

7. Modulation of bacterial nanocellulose crystallinity through carbon source–dependent metabolic pathways

   • Amith Abraham
   • Saehee Lee
   • Byoung-In Sang

   in Cellulose

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

8. Optimized elemental sulfur recovery from sulfide-containing streams applying systems biology and genome-scale metabolic model of Thioalkalivibrio versutus D301

   • Reza Peighami
   • Ehsan Motamedian
   • Fatemeh Yazdian

   in Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

   Article 15 October 2025

   

9. Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut

   • Sofia Dahlman
   • Laura Avellaneda-Franco
   • Jeremy J. Barr

   in Nature

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

10. Hijacking a bacterial ABC transporter for genetic code expansion

    • Tarun Iype
    • Maximilian Fottner
    • Kathrin Lang

    in Nature

    Article Open access 15 October 2025

    

11. Interplay between malic enzyme 2, de novo serine synthesis, and the malate-aspartate shuttle drives metabolic adaptation in triple-negative breast cancer

    • Jin Heon Jeon
    • Mark D. Slayton
    • Sofia D. Merajver

    in Cancer & Metabolism

    Article Open access 14 October 2025

    

12. Drought-Mitigating Pseudomonas Putida SAESo11 Induces Root-Specific Metabolic Reprogramming in Tomato

    • Anastasia Papadopoulou
    • Mellidou Ifigeneia
    • Karamanoli Katerina

    in Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

    Article 14 October 2025

    

13. Microbial consortia in biotechnology: applications and challenges in industrial processes

    • Prashant Kumar
    • Dheeraj Chitara
    • Sachchida Nand Rai

    in 3 Biotech

    Article 14 October 2025

14. Stress response regulation to extracellular polymeric substances biosynthesis in Bacillus licheniformis

    • Xiaoyu Wei
    • Ziwei Pan
    • Ning He

    in Microbial Cell Factories

    Article Open access 14 October 2025

    

15. A comprehensive review on microbial production of vanillin: metabolic engineering strategies and pathway-specific yields across microbial hosts

    • Varshini Yuvaraj
    • Dharani Patibandla
    • Manian Rameshpathy

    in Archives of Microbiology

    Article 14 October 2025

    

16. Unlocking microbial potential: advances in omics and bioinformatics for aromatic hydrocarbon degradation

    • Isamar-Maydeth Vidal-Silva
    • Antonio Loza
    • Rosa-Maria Gutierrez-Rios

    in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

    Article Open access 14 October 2025

    

17. Directed evolution

    in Nature Biotechnology

    Article 14 October 2025

18. Solution towards low yield biosurfactant production from bacteria, a novel approach using microalgae–bacteria consortium

    • Yan Jer Ng
    • Kuan Shiong Khoo
    • Pau Loke Show

    in Microbial Cell Factories

    Article Open access 13 October 2025

    

19. Enhanced bafilomycin A1 production in Streptomyces Griseobrunneus via protoplast fusion combined with high-throughput screening

    • Fei Sun
    • Yuan Yuan
    • Jian Zhou

    in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

    Article 13 October 2025

    

20. Mechanistic insights into sodium citrate-induced metabolic rewiring for enhanced S-adenosylmethionine synthesis via transcriptomics and constraint-based modeling

    • Le Dong
    • Weijing Song
    • Mingzhi Huang

    in Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

    Article 13 October 2025

    

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