2016-12-092016-12-092016-09-13San, Ka-yiu, Bennett, George N. and Wu, Hui, "Metabolic transistor in bacteria." Patent US9441253B2. issued 2016-09-13. Retrieved from <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93713">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93713</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/93713The disclosure relates to a metabolic transistor in bacteria where a competitive pathway is introduced to compete with a product pathway for available carbon so as to control the carbon flux in the bacteria.23 ppengUtility patentUS9441253B2