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Introduction to Systems and Synthetic Biology in Hydrocarbon Microbiology: Applications

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Contemporary Microbial Biotechnology is experiencing a rapid transition between being a mostly trial-and-error endeavour towards becoming a quantitative and predictable branch of contemporary research. A key ingredient of this shift involves the adoption of Systems and Synthetic Biology approaches for either revisiting typical themes (e.g. bioproduction of added-value molecules) or to develop altogether new ones (such as engineering of sensor/actuator devices). The first wave of goods reaching the biotechnological sector largely comes from metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biofuels, fine chemicals and high-added value molecules. But much more is still to come by applying electric and industrial engineering principles to biological systems as well as by learning from the way natural evolution has solved apparently intractable design problems.

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The work in Author’s Laboratory is supported by the CAMBIOS Project of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, the ARISYS, EVOPROG and EMPOWERPUTIDA Contracts of the EU, The ERANET-IB and the PROMT Project of the CAM.

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  1. Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Víctor de Lorenzo

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  1. Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    Terry J. McGenity

  2. Braunschweig, Germany

    Kenneth N. Timmis

  3. Dept. Biologia, Univ de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Balbina Nogales Fernández

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de Lorenzo, V. (2016). Introduction to Systems and Synthetic Biology in Hydrocarbon Microbiology: Applications. In: McGenity, T., Timmis, K., Nogales Fernández, B. (eds) Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/8623_2016_196

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