Enhancement of photosynthetic capacity in Euglena gracilis by expression of cyanobacterial fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase leads to increases in biomass and wax ester production

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ogawa, Takahisa ^a,b   Tamoi, Masahiro ^a,b   Kimura, Ayako ^a,b   Mine, Ayaka ^a   Sakuyama, Harumi ^a,b   Yoshida, Eriko ^b,d   Maruta, Takanori ^b,c   Suzuki, Kengo ^b,d   Ishikawa, Takahiro ^b,c   Shigeoka, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Euglena Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Euglena gracilis; Fructose 1,6 sedoheptulose 1,7 bisphosphatase; Paramylon; Photosynthesis; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FRUCTOSE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; PARAMYLON; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; WAX ESTERS;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTER; PHOSPHATASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WAX;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA;

EID: 84940466838     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0264-5     Document Type: Article

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