Yoseb Song

TL;DR: It is discovered that the WLP and the glycine synthase pathway are functionally interconnected to fix CO2, subsequently converting CO2 into acetyl-CoA, acetyl -phosphate, and serine, which is a unique coutilization of the pathways under autotrophic conditions in acetogens.

TL;DR: Comparison of acetogenic bacterial genomes revealed that most genes in the acetogen-specific core genome were associated with the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, a central metabolic pathway, and cofactor biosynthetic pathways are highly conserved for autotrophic growth.

TL;DR: The genome sequence of the syngas fermenting Eubacterium limosum ATCC 8486 is completed and its transcription start sites (TSS) determined and the primary transcriptome was augmented, providing comprehensive genomic information for strain engineering to enhance the syNGAS fermenting capacity of acetogenic bacteria.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the mutations in the CODH/ACS complex affect autotrophic growth enhancement in the presence of CO as well as the CO tolerance of E. limosum ATCC 8486 under high CO conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nanoparticle-microbe hybrid system was developed in which chemically synthesized cadmium sulfide nanoparticles (CdS-NPs) were displayed on the cell surface of the industrial acetogen Clostridium autoethanogenum.