Enhancement of glycerol metabolism in the oleaginous marine diatom Fistulifera solaris JPCC DA0580 to improve triacylglycerol productivity

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Muto, Masaki ^a,b   Tanaka, Masayoshi ^a   Liang, Yue ^a   Yoshino, Tomoko ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsufumi ^b,c   Tanaka, Tsuyoshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel fuel; Fistulifera solaris; Glycerol kinase; Metabolic engineering; Mixotrophic cultivation; Oleaginous microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; CLONING; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FEEDSTOCKS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; GLYCEROL KINASE; MICRO-ALGAE; MIXOTROPHIC CULTIVATIONS; SOLARIS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROALGA;

NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 84924033019     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-014-0184-9     Document Type: Article

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