Translating New Synthetic Biology Advances for Biosensing Into the Earth and Environmental Sciences

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dc.citation.journalTitleFrontiers in Microbiologyen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber11en_US
dc.contributor.authorDel Valle, Ilenneen_US
dc.contributor.authorFulk, Emily M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKalvapalle, Prashanten_US
dc.contributor.authorSilberg, Jonathan J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMasiello, Caroline A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStadler, Lauren B.en_US
dc.contributor.orgBioengineeringen_US
dc.contributor.orgBiosciencesen_US
dc.contributor.orgChemical and Biomolecular Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.orgChemistryen_US
dc.contributor.orgCivil and Environmental Engineeringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T15:44:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-03-09T15:44:35Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractThe rapid diversification of synthetic biology tools holds promise in making some classically hard-to-solve environmental problems tractable. Here we review longstanding problems in the Earth and environmental sciences that could be addressed using engineered microbes as micron-scale sensors (biosensors). Biosensors can offer new perspectives on open questions, including understanding microbial behaviors in heterogeneous matrices like soils, sediments, and wastewater systems, tracking cryptic element cycling in the Earth system and establishing the dynamics of microbe-microbe, microbe-plant, and microbe-material interactions. Before these new tools can reach their potential, however, a suite of biological parts and microbial chassis appropriate for environmental conditions must be developed by the synthetic biology community. This includes diversifying sensing modules to obtain information relevant to environmental questions, creating output signals that allow dynamic reporting from hard-to-image environmental materials, and tuning these sensors so that they reliably function long enough to be useful for environmental studies. Finally, ethical questions related to the use of synthetic biosensors in environmental applications are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDel Valle, Ilenne, Fulk, Emily M., Kalvapalle, Prashant, et al.. "Translating New Synthetic Biology Advances for Biosensing Into the Earth and Environmental Sciences." <i>Frontiers in Microbiology,</i> 11, (2021) Frontiers: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.618373.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalfmicb-11-618373-1en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.618373en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110159en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiersen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleTranslating New Synthetic Biology Advances for Biosensing Into the Earth and Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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