Direct Genome-Scale Screening of Gluconobacter oxydans B58 for Rare Earth Element Bioleaching
Sabrina Marecos, Brooke Pian, Sean A. Medin, Alexa M. Schmitz, Mingming Wu, Joseph Brian Balta, Esteban Gazel, Megan Holycross, Matthew Charles Reid, Buz Barstow
The paper screens a genome-scale knockout collection of Gluconobacter oxydans B58 to identify genes important for bioleaching neodymium, finding 89 genes, 68 novel to this process, and validating strain-specific effects on bioleaching efficiency.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2024 · PreprintSynthetic Biology