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Microbial Biotechnology
Published in Nwadiuto (Diuto) Esiobu, James Chukwuma Ogbonna, Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Olawole O. Obembe, Ifeoma Maureen Ezeonu, Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim, Benjamin Ewa Ubi, Microbiomes and Emerging Applications, 2022
Olawole O. Obembe, Nwadiuto (Diuto) Esiobu, O. S. Aworunse, Nneka R. Agbakoba
Microbiomes have earlier been engineered and deployed to restore microbiota balance for therapeutic purposes in humans. Current research efforts are focusing on the combined application of computer modeling-aided synthetic biology and synthetic ecology as the basis of new living treatments. Lately, the production of synthetic microbial consortia (SMC) and microbiome containing core and hub microbiota have received increased attention owing to their potential to enhance plant fitness to withstand nutritional deficiency as well as environmental stress. Additionally, 3D printing of smart microbes that can recognize and inhibit plant pathogens is well underway for applications on the field. While our knowledge of the various microbiomes cooperatively involved with plants and humans has tremendously improved over the last decade, there is still more to be done in leveraging these microbiome-based technologies in mitigating human health-related issues and the problem of low agricultural productivity. As we anticipate a population explosion in the decades to come, harnessing the benefits of microbiomes could possibly usher in the next generation of medical and agricultural innovations required to sustain man in the foreseeable future.
Progress in microbiology for fermentative hydrogen production from organic wastes
Published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019
Synthetic microbial consortia are developed to meet different demands. In this process, two or more known microbial populations with complementary metabolic activities are integrated. Studies have shown that the well-designed consortia can outperform traditional monocultures (Bernstein & Carlson, 2012). The discipline of synthetic microbial consortia has been widely used in medicine, food and biofuel field (Angenent et al., 2004; Bagi et al., 2007; Caplice & Fitzgerald, 1999). In the field of dark fermentative hydrogen production, the explored beneficial biological interactions mainly include two categories: oxygen depletion and macromolecules degradation.