Bioengineers have redesigned how harmless E. coli bacteria ”talk” to each other. The new genetic circuit could become a useful new tool for synthetic biologists who, as a field, are looking for ways to better control the bacteria they engineer to perform all sorts of tasks, including drug delivery, bioproduction of valuable compounds, and environmental sensing.

Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200305002836.htm