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<p>This episode: Adding tags to proteins to increase their degradation can help engineered bacteria grow and survive better under various conditions!</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF483.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (7.3 MB, 10.4 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: <em>Lactococcus</em> virus sk1<em><br /></em></p> <p><a href= "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220222135239.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News item</a></p> <div><strong>Takeaways</strong></div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Engineering bacteria with new genetic pathways allows us to use them in many new and promising applications. Some of these are industrial fermentations, growing large quantities of bacteria to use as catalysts for production of chemicals of interest, such as biofuels. But in other cases, engineered microbes can be most useful in less controlled environments, such ...