Collective Microbial Effects Drive Toxin Bioremediation and Enable Rational Design
Mahmoud Yousef, Kiseok Keith Lee, Jonathan Tang, Vasileios Charisopoulos, Rebecca M. Willett, Seppe Kuehn
This study uses community-function landscapes to design synthetic microbial consortia for BPA degradation, showing that toxicity increases epistasis and enables predictable bioremediation.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology