Abstract:
:The exposure of bacteria to pollutants induces frequently chemoattraction or chemorepellent reactions. Recent research suggests that the capacity to degrade a toxic compound has co-evolved in some bacteria with the capacity to chemotactically react to it. There is an increasing amount of data which show that chemoattraction to biodegradable pollutants increases their bioavailability which translates into an enhancement of the biodegradation rate. Pollutant chemoreceptors so far identified are encoded on degradation or resistance plasmids. Genetic engineering of bacteria, such as the transfer of chemoreceptor genes, offers thus the possibility to optimize biodegradation processes.
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Curr Opin Biotechnoljournal_title
Current opinion in biotechnologyauthors
Krell T,Lacal J,Reyes-Darias JA,Jimenez-Sanchez C,Sungthong R,Ortega-Calvo JJdoi
10.1016/j.copbio.2012.08.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-06-01 00:00:00pages
451-6issue
3eissn
0958-1669issn
1879-0429pii
S0958-1669(12)00125-5journal_volume
24pub_type
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