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Adaptive Laboratory Evolution to Overcome Methanol Metabolism Bottlenecks in an Environmental Methylotroph

Norma Cecilia Martinez Gomez - Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Methylotrophs are microbes that can use one-carbon molecules, like methanol, as an energy and carbon source for growth. They have two major applications; primarily, they can be used to efficiently upcycle one-carbon metabolites from organic waste into value-added products like bioplastics and biofuels. Secondarily, methylotrophs are plant...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Identifying Bacterial Lanthanophores for Rare Earth Element Recovery

Norma Cecilia Martinez Gomez - Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

Metals are essential for all life on earth. The lanthanides, often referred to as Rare Earth Elements, were recently added to the periodic table of elements known to be important to life. Certain bacteria, called methylotrophs, use lanthanides in an enzyme that allows them to eat methanol. To acquire lanthanides...

 Biological & Health Sciences

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