Author response: Deletion of the moeA gene in Flavobacterium IR1 drives structural color shift from green to blue and alters polysaccharide metabolism

Álvaro Escobar Doncel; Constantinos Patinios; Alexandre Rosa Campos; Maria Beatriz Walter Costa; Maria V. Turkina; Maria Murace; Raymond H.J. Staals; Silvia Vignolini; Bas E. Dutilh; Colin J. Ingham

doi:10.7554/elife.105029.3.sa3

Author response: Deletion of the moeA gene in Flavobacterium IR1 drives structural color shift from green to blue and alters polysaccharide metabolism

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Authors: Álvaro Escobar Doncel, Constantinos Patinios, Alexandre Rosa Campos, Maria Beatriz Walter Costa, Maria V. Turkina, Maria Murace, Raymond H.J. Staals, Silvia Vignolini, Bas E. Dutilh, Colin J. Ingham

DOI: 10.7554/elife.105029.3.sa3

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Abstract

Disrupting a single molybdenum cofactor gene allowed us to connect metabolic regulation of complex carbohydrates with cell organization, enabling genetic tuning of bacterial structural color for biomaterial applications.

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Publication date: 2 January 2026