Synthetic cell-cell communication in a three-species consortium for one-step vitamin C fermentation

En-Xu Wang1,2, Yu Liu1,2, Qian Ma1,2

  • 1Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, People's Republic of China.

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