| Literature DB >> 29528686 |
Josef R Bober1, Chase L Beisel2, Nikhil U Nair1.
Abstract
An increasing number of studies have strongly correlated the composition of the human microbiota with many human health conditions and, in several cases, have shown that manipulating the microbiota directly affects health. These insights have generated significant interest in engineering indigenous microbiota community members and nonresident probiotic bacteria as biotic diagnostics and therapeutics that can probe and improve human health. In this review, we discuss recent advances in synthetic biology to engineer commensal and probiotic lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacteria, and Bacteroides for these purposes, and we provide our perspective on the future potential of these technologies.Entities:
Keywords: CRISPR; genetic tools; genome engineering; microbiome; probiotics
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29528686 PMCID: PMC6100750 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-062117-121019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Biomed Eng ISSN: 1523-9829 Impact factor: 9.590