Lauric acid production in a glycogen-less strain of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Work, Victoria H ^a   Melnicki, Matthew R ^b   Hill, Eric A ^b   Davies, Fiona K ^a   Kucek, Leo A ^b   Beliaev, Alexander S ^b   Posewitz, Matthew C ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dodecanoic acid; Fatty acid secretion; GlgC; Metabolic overflow; Nitrogen deprivation; Organic acids; Turbidostat photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; STRAIN RATE;

CYANOBACTERIA; DODECANOIC ACID; GLGC; METABOLIC OVERFLOW; NITROGEN DEPRIVATIONS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR;

GROWTH RATE;

EID: 85044154112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00048     Document Type: Article

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