Engineering cyanobacteria as photosynthetic feedstock factories

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-295

  Hays, Stephanie G ^a   Ducat, Daniel C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbohydrates; Cyanobacteria; Feedstocks

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBOHYDRATE;

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CYANOBACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84893709176     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: 15735079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-014-9980-0     Document Type: Article

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