Biology Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Synthetic Microbial Consortia and Their Applications
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9780123944306
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Description
Synthetic Biology provides a framework to examine key enabling components in the emerging area of synthetic biology. Chapters contributed by leaders in the field address tools and methodologies developed for engineering biological systems at many levels, including molecular, pathway, network, whole cell, and multi-cell levels. The book highlights exciting practical applications of synthetic biology such as microbial production of biofuels and drugs, artificial cells, synthetic viruses, and artificial photosynthesis. The roles of computers and computational design are discussed, as well as future prospects in the field, including cell-free synthetic biology and engineering synthetic ecosystems.
Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological entities, such as enzymes, genetic circuits, and cells, or the redesign of existing biological systems. It builds on the advances in molecular, cell, and systems biology and seeks to transform biology in the same way that synthesis transformed chemistry and integrated circuit design transformed computing. The element that distinguishes synthetic biology from traditional molecular and cellular biology is the focus on the design and construction of core components that can be modeled, understood, and tuned to meet specific performance criteria and the assembly of these smaller parts and devices into larger integrated systems that solve specific biotechnology problems.
Publisher
Elsevier/Academic Press
City
Amsterdam
Disciplines
Biology | Life Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Smith, Robert P.; Y. Tanouchi; and L. You. Synthetic Microbial Consortia and Their Applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press.
Additional Information
Huimin Zhao (editor)