4. Synthetic biology applied to bacteriocins

Synthetic biology is a recent discipline that combines the fields of engineering, biological sciences, computer science and other disciplines, forming an innovative interdisciplinary alliance. This discipline pursues an essential goal: the standardized design of biological systems that are built according to a given design to achieve desired properties. Synthetic biology is based on the precise manipulation of DNA, where carefully selected genetic elements are assembled to design complex biological systems. It is characterized by the use of standardized genetic components (often called "bio-bricks") such as promoters, coding sequences and terminator sequences, which facilitate the modular assembly of biological systems. This discipline therefore uses genetic elements as tools, and is at the interface between understanding the elements of living organisms and the rational use of these elements....