Engineering light-responsive enzymes for sensitive optogenetic control of biofilm dynamics

• Main Author: Teng, Aloysius Min Ren
• Other Authors: Cao Bin
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Biofilm engineering; Optogenetics; Protein engineering; Directed evolution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biofilms are one of the most widely distributed modes of life on Earth and have been found to be involved in the geochemical cycles of water, soil, and subsurface environments. The use of biofilm-mediated bioprocesses for various biotechnological applications has been explored due to the easier proc...