Jelle Dillen, Tom Eilers, Caroline E M K Dricot, Matisse Van Hee, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Joleen Masschelein, Sarah Lebeer
{"title":"Modular biosynthesis of microbiome-derived polyketides and nonribosomal peptides: insights and opportunities for Lactobacillaceae.","authors":"Jelle Dillen, Tom Eilers, Caroline E M K Dricot, Matisse Van Hee, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Joleen Masschelein, Sarah Lebeer","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-03008-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-03008-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sobhy S Abdel-Fatah, Nasser H Mohammad, Gharieb S El-Sayyad
{"title":"Endophytic fungi-assisted biological synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using gamma-rays for promising antibacterial and antibiofilm potential against some gram-positive bacteria.","authors":"Sobhy S Abdel-Fatah, Nasser H Mohammad, Gharieb S El-Sayyad","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-02993-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12934-026-02993-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13097906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147729491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mustafa Ünver Kurt, Özge Can, Burçin Karakuzu, Göklem Üner, Ahmet Ceyhan Gören, Ataç Uzel, Erdal Bedir
{"title":"Exploitation of actinomycetes from coastal ecosystems of İzmir Peninsula for antimicrobial activity via strain identification, untargeted metabolomics and drug combination studies.","authors":"Mustafa Ünver Kurt, Özge Can, Burçin Karakuzu, Göklem Üner, Ahmet Ceyhan Gören, Ataç Uzel, Erdal Bedir","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-03003-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-03003-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147723177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uliana V Bulgakova, Alexander Yu Rudenko, Inna L Karpenko, Vasilij G Vasil'ev, Petr V Sergiev, Olga A Dontsova, Vladimir I Polshakov, Sofia S Mariasina
{"title":"Repurposing methyltransferase-cofactor interactions for engineered microbial production of isotopically labelled SAM and SAH.","authors":"Uliana V Bulgakova, Alexander Yu Rudenko, Inna L Karpenko, Vasilij G Vasil'ev, Petr V Sergiev, Olga A Dontsova, Vladimir I Polshakov, Sofia S Mariasina","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-03010-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-03010-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147717245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalia Musiuk, Wioleta Lewandowska, Aleksandra Rembiszewska, Izabela Święcicka
{"title":"Bacillus thuringiensis as a factory producing parasporin toxins with promising anticancer properties: a review.","authors":"Natalia Musiuk, Wioleta Lewandowska, Aleksandra Rembiszewska, Izabela Święcicka","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-02998-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-02998-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147717294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jens Christmann, Annalena Sommer, Peng Cao, Michael Kohlstedt, Oliver Goldbeck, Christian U Riedel, Judith Becker, Christoph Wittmann
{"title":"High-copy plasmid engineering enhances recombinant protein and antimicrobial peptide production in Corynebacterium glutamicum.","authors":"Jens Christmann, Annalena Sommer, Peng Cao, Michael Kohlstedt, Oliver Goldbeck, Christian U Riedel, Judith Becker, Christoph Wittmann","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-03004-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12934-026-03004-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13088423/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of the biomass production conditions on survival of the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii in a laboratory model of the gastrointestinal tract.","authors":"Dorota A Rzechonek, Lisbeth Olsson","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-02999-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12934-026-02999-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13088855/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147675032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mao-Ting Li, Li Wang, Cai-Yun Xie, Min Gou, Yue-Qin Tang
{"title":"Transcriptomics-guided identification of engineering targets for improving salt tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.","authors":"Mao-Ting Li, Li Wang, Cai-Yun Xie, Min Gou, Yue-Qin Tang","doi":"10.1186/s12934-026-03005-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-026-03005-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>High-salinity conditions frequently impair the fermentation performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in industrial processes involving high-osmolarity substrates. Identifying genetic determinants that enhance salt tolerance is therefore essential for the development of robust yeast cell factories. In this study, a comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed to investigate the transcriptional responses of a salt-tolerant strain, E-158, and its parental strain, KF-7, under 1.25 M NaCl stress, with the aim of identifying potential targets for strain engineering.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed extensive transcriptional differences between E-158 and KF-7 under high-salt conditions, involving central carbon and nitrogen metabolism, peroxisome-associated oxidative stress responses, ion transport, cell wall-related processes, and sporulation-related pathways. Based on these profiles, two transcription factors (CUP9 and ZNF1) and three functional genes (DAL1, IDP2, and CTA1) were selected for functional validation. Overexpression or deletion of the transcription factors, as well as overexpression of the functional genes, was carried out in KF-7. Fermentation experiments under 1.25 M NaCl demonstrated that all engineered strains outperformed the parental strain. Among them, overexpression of CTA1 resulted in the greatest improvement, with glucose consumption and ethanol production increased by 35.04% and 45.66%, respectively, after 96 h of fermentation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that comparative transcriptomics can serve as an effective strategy for identifying engineering targets associated with salt tolerance in S. cerevisiae. The evaluated genes provide potential targets for strain improvement and offer insights for the rational design of yeast cell factories suited for high-salinity biofuel and bioproduct fermentation processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":18582,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Cell Factories","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147662911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}