Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Systems Biology; MSU DOE Plant Research Laboratory
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Carbohydrate feedstocks are at the root of bioindustrial production and are needed in greater quantities than ever due to increased prioritization of renewable fuels and reduction of carbon emissions. Cyanobacteria possess a number of features that make them well-suited as an alternative feedstock crop in comparison to traditional, terrestrial plant species. Recent advances in genetic engineering, as well as promising preliminary investigations of cyanobacteria in a number of distinct production regimes have illustrated the potential of these aquatic phototrophs as biosynthetic chasses. Further improvements in strain productivities and design, along with enhanced understanding of photosynthetic metabolism in cyanobacteria may pave the way to translate cyanobacterial theoretical potential into realized application.
Hays, Stephanie G., and Ducat, Daniel C., "Engineering cyanobacteria as photosynthetic feedstock factories," Photosynthesis Research 123, no. 3 (2014), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-014-9980-0
@article{osti_1603305,
author = {Hays, Stephanie G. and Ducat, Daniel C.},
title = {Engineering cyanobacteria as photosynthetic feedstock factories},
annote = {Carbohydrate feedstocks are at the root of bioindustrial production and are needed in greater quantities than ever due to increased prioritization of renewable fuels and reduction of carbon emissions. Cyanobacteria possess a number of features that make them well-suited as an alternative feedstock crop in comparison to traditional, terrestrial plant species. Recent advances in genetic engineering, as well as promising preliminary investigations of cyanobacteria in a number of distinct production regimes have illustrated the potential of these aquatic phototrophs as biosynthetic chasses. Further improvements in strain productivities and design, along with enhanced understanding of photosynthetic metabolism in cyanobacteria may pave the way to translate cyanobacterial theoretical potential into realized application.},
doi = {10.1007/s11120-014-9980-0},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1603305},
journal = {Photosynthesis Research},
issn = {ISSN 0166-8595},
number = {3},
volume = {123},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2014},
month = {02}}