Marecos, Sabrina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-9933
Pian, Brooke
Medin, Sean A.
Schmitz, Alexa
Andrade, Melinna https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3512-2441
Wu, Mingming https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7846-3580
Balta, J. Brian
Gazel, Esteban https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6385-7672
Holycross, Megan
Reid, Matthew C.
Barstow, Buz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2218-6152
Funding for this research was provided by:
DOE | Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (DE-AR0001341)
National Science Foundation (2435259)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2024
Accepted: 8 April 2025
First Online: 30 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare the following competing interests: S. Marecos, B.P., S.A.M., A.S., and B.B. are pursuing patent protection for engineered organisms using knowledge gathered in this work (US provisional application 63/653,203). S.A.M. and A.S. are co-founders of, and B.B. is a contributor, and uncompensated advisor to, REEgen, Inc., which is developing genetically engineered microbes for REE bio-mining. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.