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Journal Article
Synthetic biology: a new frontier in food production
2022
Overview
Concerns regarding food security arise from population growth, global warming, and reduction in arable land. With advances in synthetic biology, food production by microbes is considered to be a promising alternative that would allow rapid food production in an environmentally friendly manner. Moreover, synthetic biology can be adopted to the production of healthier or specifically designed food ingredients (e.g., high-value proteins, lipids, and vitamins) and broaden the utilization of feedstocks (e.g., methanol and CO2), thereby offering potential solutions to high-quality food and the greenhouse effect. We first present how synthetic biology can facilitate the microbial production of various food components, and then discuss feedstock availability enabled by synthetic biology. Finally, we illustrate trends and key challenges in synthetic biology-driven food production.
Microbially synthesized food can address challenges in global food security and deliver high-quality food products in an environmentally friendly manner.Synthetic biology is emerging as a powerful approach for engineering microbes to produce macronutrient and micronutrient compounds in food.Recent achievements in synthetic biology have enabled microbes to produce healthier or specifically designed food ingredients.Microbial fermentation from nonfood feedstocks offers the opportunity to alleviate economic, ecologic, and societal problems by recycling resources and greenhouse gases.
