Enhancing Nonylphenol Biodegradation: The Role of Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase in Bacillus cereus
Fanglian Lu, Deqin Luo, Lian Yang, Ranran Dong, Elena Tamburini, Francesco Secundo · 2025
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Description
Fanglian Lu and co-authors boost a bacterium's power to eat a stubborn pollutant called nonylphenol. Clean-up of this chemical is held back by a lack of strong, safe strains. Their 2025 study turns up one gene in a hardy Bacillus strain and watches what changes.
The boosted strain cleared ninety-six percent of the pollutant, against eighty-five for the wild type. Fat scans of the cells found dozens of changed fats, with wall fats up and store fats down. Checks confirmed the shift. The boosted cells also held more of the gene's protein and more energy stock as they worked. The team reads the gain as more fuel plus a re-tuned fat mix. The gene is a lever for building clean-up strains.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fanglian Lu, Deqin Luo, Lian Yang, Ranran Dong, Elena Tamburini, Francesco Secundo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |