Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News
Bionic microbes outfitted with tiny semiconductor components can generate useful chemicals more efficiently than normal cells.
Microorganisms like fungi are commonly used in biomanufacturing to convert simple carbon-based molecules, such as sugar, into a wide range of chemical ingredients for pharmaceuticals and other products. But much of a microbe’s carbon intake typically gets used to power the creature itself, cutting the amount available to form desired chemicals.
In the new setup, described in the Nov. 16 Science, microbial cells are…
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