Risk Assessment of Industrial Microbes Using a Terrestrial Mesocosm Platform.

ABSTRACT: Industrial microbes and bio-derived products have emerged as an integral component of the bioeconomy, with an array of agricultural, bioenergy, and biomedical applications. However, the rapid development of microbial biotechnology raises concerns related to environmental escape of laboratory microbes, detection and tracking thereof, and resultant impact upon native ecosystems. Indeed, though wild-type and genetically modified microbes are actively deployed in industrial bioprocesses, an understanding of microbial interactivity and impact upon the environment is severely lacking. In particular, the persistence and sustained ecosystem impact of industrial microbes following laboratory release or unintentional laboratory escape remains largely unexplored. Herein, we investigate the applicabil

SUBMITTER: Arnolds KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature