Microbial Biotechnology

Chief Editor's Choice Articles Volume 3

LOVely enzymes – towards engineering light-controllable biocatalysts
Ulrich Krauss, Jeeyeon Lee, Stephen J. Benkovic and Karl-Erich Jaeger

Metabolic engineering of cobalamin (vitamin B12) production in Bacillus megaterium
Rebekka Biedendieck, Marco Malten, Heiko Barg, Boyke Bunk, Jan-Henning Martens, Evelyne Deery, Helen Leech, Martin J. Warren and Dieter Jahn

Inter-conversion of catalytic abilities in a bifunctional carboxyl/feruloyl-esterase from earthworm gut metagenome
José María Vieites, Azam Ghazi, Ana Beloqui, Julio Polaina, José M. Andreu, Olga V. Golyshina, Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Agnes Waliczek, Michail M. Yakimov, Peter N. Golyshin and Manuel Ferrer

Enantioselective kinetic resolution of phenylalkyl carboxylic acids using metagenome-derived esterases
Elena Fernández-Álvaro, Robert Kourist, Julia Winter, Dominique Böttcher, Klaus Liebeton, Christian Naumer, Jürgen Eck, Christian Leggewie, Karl-Erich Jaeger, Wolfgang Streit and Uwe T. Bornscheuer

Paving the way for synthetic biology-based bioremediation in Europe
Manuel Porcar and Andrés Moya

Advances in the field of high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation by bacteria
Robert A. Kanaly and Shigeaki Harayama

What heat is telling us about microbial conversions in nature and technology: from chip- to megacalorimetry
Thomas Maskow, Richard Kemp, Friederike Buchholz, Torsten Schubert, Baerbel Kiesel and Hauke Harms

Regulation and compartmentalization of β-lactam biosynthesis
Juan F. Martín, Ricardo V. Ullán and Carlos García-Estrada

Strategies for enhancing bioluminescent bacterial sensor performance by promoter region manipulation
Sharon Yagur-Kroll, Benny Bilic and Shimshon Belkin

Laccase-catalysed polymeric dye synthesis from plant-derived phenols for potential application in hair dyeing: Enzymatic colourations driven by homo- or hetero-polymer synthesis
Jong-Rok Jeon, Eun-Ju Kim, Kumarasamy Murugesan, Hyo-Keun Park, Young-Mo Kim, Jung-Hee Kwon, Wang-Gi Kim, Ji-Yeon Lee and Yoon-Seok Chang

The little bacteria that can – diversity, genomics and ecophysiology of ‘Dehalococcoides’ spp. in contaminated environments
Neslihan Taş, Miriam H. A. Van Eekert, Willem M. De Vos and Hauke Smidt

Revolutionizing membrane protein overexpression in bacteria
Susan Schlegel, Mirjam Klepsch, Dimitra Gialama, David Wickström, Dirk Jan Slotboom and Jan-Willem De Gier

Bacterial genotoxicity bioreporters
Alva Biran, Sharon Yagur-Kroll, Rami Pedahzur, Sebastian Buchinger, Georg Reifferscheid, Hadar Ben-Yoav, Yosi Shacham-Diamand and Shimshon Belkin

Microbial diagnostic microarray for food- and water-borne pathogens
Tanja Kostić, Beatrix Stessl, Martin Wagner, Angela Sessitsch and Levente Bodrossy

The phage-driven microbial loop in petroleum bioremediation
Eugene Rosenberg, Gili Bittan-Banin, Gil Sharon, Avital Shon, Galit Hershko, Itzik Levy and Eliora Z. Ron

Studies with bioengineered Nisin peptides highlight the broad-spectrum potency of Nisin V
Des Field, Lisa Quigley, Paula M. O'Connor, Mary C. Rea, Karen Daly, Paul D. Cotter, Colin Hill and R. Paul Ross

Plasmid addiction systems: perspectives and applications in biotechnology
Jens Kroll, Stefan Klinter, Cornelia Schneider, Isabella Voß and Alexander Steinbüchel

Comparative genome-wide analysis of small RNAs of major Gram-positive pathogens: from identification to application
Mobarak A. Mraheil, André Billion, Carsten Kuenne, Jordan Pischimarov, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Susanne Engelmann, Axel Hartke, Jean-Christophe Giard, Maja Rupnik, Sonja Vorwerk, Markus Beier, Julia Retey, Thomas Hartsch, Anette Jacob, Franz Cemič, Jürgen Hemberger, Trinad Chakraborty and Torsten Hain

Hydrophobic substances induce water stress in microbial cells
Prashanth Bhaganna, Rita J. M. Volkers, Andrew N. W. Bell, Kathrin Kluge, David J. Timson, John W. McGrath, Harald J. Ruijssenaars and John E. Hallsworth

Genomic tracing of epidemics and disease outbreaks
Anita C. Schürch and Roland J. Siezen

Genomics of microalgae, fuel for the future?
Rob J. W Brooijmans, Roland J. Siezen

Genome (re-)annotation and open-source annotation pipelines
Roland J. Siezen, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum

Prokaryotic whole-transcriptome analysis: deep sequencing and tiling arrays
Roland J. Siezen, Greer Wilson, Tilman Todt

Probiotics genomics
Roland J. Siezen, Greer Wilson