Zhou Kang
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
J Mater Chem B. 2022 Sep 28;10(37):7132-7135. doi: 10.1039/d2tb01063a.
Engineering the metabolism of microbes has allowed simultaneous co-production of functional small molecules and biopolymers. This perspective briefly introduces its working principles and summarizes my views on how this approach could lead to consolidated fermentation processes for producing functionalized biopolymers. The potential applications of the polymer products and the foreseen challenges are also discussed.
对微生物代谢进行工程改造能够实现功能性小分子和生物聚合物的同时联产。本文简要介绍了其工作原理,并总结了我对于这种方法如何能够实现用于生产功能化生物聚合物的整合发酵过程的观点。此外,还讨论了聚合物产品的潜在应用以及可预见的挑战。