This episode: Engineering bacteria to convert cellulose directly into useful biofuels and chemicals can be tricky!

Download Episode (13.9 MB, 15.2 minutes)

Show notes:
News item

Journal Paper:
Lin PP, Mi L, Morioka AH, Yoshino KM, Konishi S, Xu SC, Papanek BA, Riley LA, Guss AM, Liao JC. 2015. Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose to isobutanol using Clostridium thermocellum. Metab Eng 31:44–52.

Other interesting stories:

• Cute photosynthetic protist could do interesting metabolic processes
• Using advanced technique to link antibiotic production to specific beewolf microbes
• Termite gut protist has bacterial symbiont that fixes carbon and nitrogen (paper)
• Geography and household members influence fungi and bacteria of home dust
• Probiotic ineffective at preventing colonization by drug-resistant pathogens

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook