Yanting Cao , Jianghua Li , Long Liu , Guocheng Du , Yanfeng Liu
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Abstract
Metabolic engineering-driven microbial cell factories have made great progress in the efficient bioproduction of biochemical and recombinant proteins. However, the low efficiency and robustness of microbial cell factories limit their industrial applications. Harnessing microbial heterogeneity contributes to solving this. In this review, the origins of microbial heterogeneity and its effects on biosynthesis are first summarized. Synthetic biology-driven tools and strategies that can be used to improve biosynthesis by increasing and reducing microbial heterogeneity are then systematically summarized. Next, novel single-cell technologies available for unraveling microbial heterogeneity and facilitating heterogeneity regulation are discussed. Furthermore, a combined workflow of increasing genetic heterogeneity in the strain-building step to help in screening highly productive strains - reducing heterogeneity in the production process to obtain highly robust strains (IHP-RHR) facilitated by single-cell technologies was proposed to obtain highly productive and robust strains by harnessing microbial heterogeneity. Finally, the prospects and future challenges are discussed.
期刊介绍:
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology aims to promote the communication of original research in synthetic and systems biology, with strong emphasis on applications towards biotechnology. This journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal led by Editor-in-Chief Lixin Zhang. The journal publishes high-quality research; focusing on integrative approaches to enable the understanding and design of biological systems, and research to develop the application of systems and synthetic biology to natural systems. This journal will publish Articles, Short notes, Methods, Mini Reviews, Commentary and Conference reviews.