Photomixotrophic chemical production in cyanobacteria

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2018, Pages 65-71

  Matson, Morgan M ^a   Atsumi, Shota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; FIXED CARBONS; GLOBAL DEPENDENCES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

2 ACETOLACTATE DECARBOXYLASE; 2 PROPANOL; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL; ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ETHYLENE; FOSSIL FUEL; GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE; ISOBUTANOL; LACTIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AUTOTROPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOMIXOTROPHIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVIEW; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; CARBON CYCLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHY; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES;

EID: 85034856601     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.11.008     Document Type: Review

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