Directed Evolution of Microorganisms for Engineered Living Materials
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| author | Laurent, Julie M. Jain, Ankit Kan, Anton Steinacher, Mathias Casimiro, Nadia Enrriquez Stavrakis, Stavros deMello, Andrew J. Studart, André R. |
| author_facet | Laurent, Julie M. Jain, Ankit Kan, Anton Steinacher, Mathias Casimiro, Nadia Enrriquez Stavrakis, Stavros deMello, Andrew J. Studart, André R. |
| contents | Microorganisms can create engineered materials with exquisite structures and living functionalities. Although synthetic biology tools to genetically manipulate microorganisms continue to expand, the bottom-up rational design of engineered living materials still relies on prior knowledge of genotype-phenotype links for the function of interest. Here, we utilize a high-throughput directed evolution platform to enhance the fitness of whole microorganisms under selection pressure and identify novel genetic pathways to program the functionalities of engineered living materials. Using Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans as a model cellulose-producing microorganism, we show that our droplet-based microfluidic platform enables the directed evolution of these bacteria towards a small number of cellulose overproducers from an initial pool of 40'000 random mutants. Sequencing of the evolved strains reveals an unexpected link between the cellulose-forming ability of the bacteria and a gene encoding a protease complex responsible for protein turnover in the cell. The ability to enhance the fitness of microorganisms towards specific phenotypes and to discover new genotype-phenotype links makes this high-throughput directed evolution platform a promising tool for the development of the next generation of engineered living materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Directed Evolution of Microorganisms for Engineered Living Materials Laurent, Julie M. Jain, Ankit Kan, Anton Steinacher, Mathias Casimiro, Nadia Enrriquez Stavrakis, Stavros deMello, Andrew J. Studart, André R. Biological Physics Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Populations and Evolution Microorganisms can create engineered materials with exquisite structures and living functionalities. Although synthetic biology tools to genetically manipulate microorganisms continue to expand, the bottom-up rational design of engineered living materials still relies on prior knowledge of genotype-phenotype links for the function of interest. Here, we utilize a high-throughput directed evolution platform to enhance the fitness of whole microorganisms under selection pressure and identify novel genetic pathways to program the functionalities of engineered living materials. Using Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans as a model cellulose-producing microorganism, we show that our droplet-based microfluidic platform enables the directed evolution of these bacteria towards a small number of cellulose overproducers from an initial pool of 40'000 random mutants. Sequencing of the evolved strains reveals an unexpected link between the cellulose-forming ability of the bacteria and a gene encoding a protease complex responsible for protein turnover in the cell. The ability to enhance the fitness of microorganisms towards specific phenotypes and to discover new genotype-phenotype links makes this high-throughput directed evolution platform a promising tool for the development of the next generation of engineered living materials. |
| title | Directed Evolution of Microorganisms for Engineered Living Materials |
| topic | Biological Physics Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Populations and Evolution |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13342 |