Cyanobacterial chassis engineering for enhancing production of biofuels and chemicals

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3401-3413

  Gao, Xinyan ^a,b   Sun, Tao ^a,b   Pei, Guangsheng ^a,b   Chen, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuels and chemicals; Chassis engineering; Cyanobacteria; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHASSIS; CHEMICALS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIO-CHEMICALS; CARBON SOURCE; CELLULAR REGULATION; CYANOBACTERIA; HIGH EFFICIENT; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOFUELS;

2 PROPANOL; 3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALKANE; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL AGENT; COUMARIC ACID; ETHYLENE; FOSSIL FUEL; GLYCEROL; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; ISOPRENE; ITACONIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIMONENE; MANNITOL;

BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CYANOBACTERIUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BIOFUELS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84958779762     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7374-2     Document Type: Review

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