Gene transfer in Leptolyngbya sp. strain BL0902, a cyanobacterium suitable for production of biomass and bioproducts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Taton, Arnaud ^a,b   Lis, Ewa ^a,c   Adin, Dawn M ^a,d   Dong, Guogang ^a   Cookson, Scott ^a   Kay, Steve A ^a   Golden, Susan S ^a   Golden, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b GENOMATICA INC   (United States)

^c Joule Unlimited Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d West Wireless Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PLASMID VECTOR; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FATTY ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROSPIRA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROWTH RATE; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON; TRC GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOMASS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMID; PRODUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ARTHROSPIRA; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LEPTOLYNGBYA SP.;

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOMASS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84856139539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030901     Document Type: Article

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