Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6487639 | Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2015 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
- Microbial communities are naturally abundant.
- Natural symbioses exhibit increased robustness and metabolic capabilities.
- Technological advances in environmental control are applied to microbial cocultures.
- Synthetic biology can be used to engineer microbial communities.
- Microbial consortia are well suited for application to real-world problems.
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Authors
Stephanie G Hays, William G Patrick, Marika Ziesack, Neri Oxman, Pamela A Silver,