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Xiao P. Peng

Rice UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5111-1673Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:E. coli· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Matthew R. BennettiD· 2 shared Amanda M. AlexanderiD· 1 shared Andrew J. HirningiD· 1 shared Baiyang LiuiD· 1 shared Caroline Palamountain· 1 shared James ChappelliD· 1 shared Krešimir Josić́iD· 1 shared Matthew R. LakiniD· 1 shared

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Synthetic BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedFeb 2, 2026

Title: Engineering Plasmids with Synthetic Origins of Replication

Baiyang Liu, Zhi Ren Darren Seet, Xiao P. Peng…·James Chappell

The paper designs synthetic origins of replication (SynORI) that allow customizable and modular plasmid copy numbers and environmental signal responses in E. coli.

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E. coliexperimental assay

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Synthetic BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedSep 29, 2025

Long-term homeostasis in microbial consortia via auxotrophic cross-feeding

Nicolas E. Grandel, Amanda M. Alexander, Xiao Peng…·Matthew R. Bennett

This paper presents a method to control microbial consortium proportions using auxotrophic cross-feeding in continuous culture, demonstrating precise regulation through exogenous nutrient addition and mathematical modeling.

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E. colimetagenomics

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