Selected for the surface: adaptive laboratory evolution for accelerated cathodic biofilm development in Cupriavidus necator

Cupriavidus necator is a metabolically versatile facultative chemolithoautotroph and a promising chassis for sustainable bioproduction from CO2. Efficient coupling of its metabolism to renewable electricity through microbial electrosynthesis (MES) requires the organism to form stable, electroactive biofilms on cathodes. This step is hindered under oxic conditions (oxic MES, oMES) by…

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