title: Engineering quorum sensing signaling of Pseudomonas for enhanced wastewater treatment and electricity harvest: A review.
abstract: Cell-cell communication that enables synchronized population behaviors in microbial communities dictates various biological processes. It is of great interest to unveil the underlying mechanisms of fine-tuning cell-cell communication to achieve environmental and energy applications. Pseudomonas is a ubiquitous microbe in environments that had wide applications in bioremediation and bioenergy generation. The quorum sensing (QS, a generic cell-cell communication mechanism) systems of Pseudomonas underlie the aromatics biodegradation, denitrification and electricity harvest. Here, we reviewed the recent progresses of the genetic strategies in engineering QS circuits to improve efficiency of wastewater treatment and the performance of microbial fuel cells.
authors.affiliation: Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address: ycyong@mail.ujs.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yang-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.affiliation: Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ying-Xiu
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457, Singapore. Electronic address: hsong@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources / Q000382:microbiology*; D002450:Cell Communication; D058440:Denitrification; D004560:Electricity; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000502:physiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism; D053038:Quorum Sensing; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Cell–cell communication; Electricity; Microbial fuel cells; Pseudomonas; Quorum sensing; Wastewater treatment