Engineering Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 for continuous growth under diurnal conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1668-1675

  McEwen, Jordan T ^a   Machado, Iara M P ^a   Connor, Michael R ^a,b   Atsumi, Shota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Joule Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC FACTORS; HETEROTROPHS; LIGHT ENERGY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHS; PHOTOTROPHS; PRODUCT FORMATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUGAR TRANSPORTERS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GLUCOSE;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DARKNESS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; LIGHT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOTROPHY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DARKNESS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; LIGHT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84874737062     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03326-12     Document Type: Article

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