Construction of consortia by mixing several known PAH degraders has failed to maximize cooperation among different species using synthetic consortia [ 27].
In China, the "973" project-"Design and Construction of Microbial Consortia" was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China in January 2014.
In addition, from an engineering viewpoint, our systematic study benefits the design and construction of synthetic microbial consortia.
Moreover, it will offer invaluable knowledge for the design and construction of engineered microbial consortia for desired functionality, thereby advancing synthetic biology for community-based gene circuit engineering.
We review recent efforts towards the construction and analysis of microbial consortia.
Microbial bioprocessing has evolved from the use of undefined natural consortia to the construction of synthetic communities tailored to specific processes and bioproducts.
The present review examines the current status of research on the consortia, and emphasizes the construction of consortia with desired partners to serve a dual mission of pollutant removal and commercial production of microbial metabolites.
The rapid development of synthetic biology enables the design, construction and optimization of synthetic microbial consortia to achieve specific functions.
In a previous study [ 29], we reported the construction of two novel bacterial-fungal consortia involved in the bioconversion of lignocellulose next to furanic compounds.
Rational construction of more efficient and sustainable biogas-producing microbial consortia is proposed.
