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EGSB logo A rendering of Lactobacillus, a type of beneficial bacteria found in the human intestine microbiome. (Credit: nopparit/iStock) blue background with white text and science icons Illustration by Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical output due to growth and viability constraints. Cell extracts provide an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed cells. By separating the production of enzymes (during growth) and the biochemical production process (in cell-free reactions), this framework enables biosynthesis of diverse chemical products at volumetric productivities greater than the source strains. (Blake Rasor) Adam Arkin and Dylan Chivian in the lab at Hildebrand Hall on UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab) An artistic rendering of tailocins attached to a target bacteria. (Credit: iLexx/iStock and Aliyah Kovner/Berkeley Lab) screencap of PNAS polycistronic algae video

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