Bacterial microcompartments and the modular construction of microbial metabolism
Highlights • Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) can be considered genetic, metabolic, structural, and evolutionary modules. • Specialist BMCs help define the role of host bacteria in an ecosystem. • Their structural and functional modularity can be harnessed to engineer bespoke BMCs.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) 2015-01, Vol.23 (1), p.22-34 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) can be considered genetic, metabolic, structural, and evolutionary modules. • Specialist BMCs help define the role of host bacteria in an ecosystem. • Their structural and functional modularity can be harnessed to engineer bespoke BMCs. |
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ISSN: | 0966-842X 1878-4380 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tim.2014.10.003 |