A synthetic, light-driven consortium of cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria enables stable polyhydroxybutyrate production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 236-245

  Weiss, Taylor L ^a   Young, Eric J ^a,b   Ducat, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioplastic; Co culture; Halomonas boliviensis; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PRODUCTIVITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BIOPLASTICS; CO-CULTURES; HALOMONAS BOLIVIENSIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYMER; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLY(HYDROXYETHANOATE);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMOHETEROTROPH; COCULTURE; CSCB GENE; DRY WEIGHT; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS BOLIVIENSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

HALOMONAS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; POLYMERS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 85032199081     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.10.009     Document Type: Article

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