Sourdough starter-inspired living materials grown from probiotic consortia with engineered division-of-labor
Shuchen Wang, Yiqi Xu, Yuewei Zhan, Martín Echavarría Galindo, Sherman Cheuk Yui Chau, Liang Cui, William M. Shaw, Wen Jun Xie, Hor Yue Tan, Chengyuan Lin, Xue Jiang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Peter C. Dedon, George McDonald Church, Timothy K. Lu, , Yong Lai
The paper describes the creation of SINERGY, a synthetic sourdough starter using engineered microbial consortia with division-of-labor modules for biosensing and drug delivery.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology