Synechocystis: Not just a plug-bug for CO2, but a green E. coli

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  dos Santos, Filipe Branco ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Photanol BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Photosynthesis; Sustainability; Synechocystis; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARABLE LAND; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; HUMAN SOCIETY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84947763420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00036     Document Type: Article

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