Cyanobacteria as a Platform for Biofuel Production

Cyanobacteria have great potential as a platform for biofuel production because of their fast growth, ability to fix carbon dioxide gas, and their genetic tractability. Furthermore they do not require fermentable sugars or arable land for growth and so competition with cropland would be greatly redu...

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Autores principales: Nozzi, Nicole E., Oliver, John W. K., Atsumi, Shota
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022311
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2013.00007
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description Cyanobacteria have great potential as a platform for biofuel production because of their fast growth, ability to fix carbon dioxide gas, and their genetic tractability. Furthermore they do not require fermentable sugars or arable land for growth and so competition with cropland would be greatly reduced. In this perspective we discuss the challenges and areas for improvement most pertinent for advancing cyanobacterial fuel production, including: improving genetic parts, carbon fixation, metabolic flux, nutrient requirements on a large scale, and photosynthetic efficiency using natural light.
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spelling pubmed-40908922014-07-14 Cyanobacteria as a Platform for Biofuel Production Nozzi, Nicole E. Oliver, John W. K. Atsumi, Shota Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology Cyanobacteria have great potential as a platform for biofuel production because of their fast growth, ability to fix carbon dioxide gas, and their genetic tractability. Furthermore they do not require fermentable sugars or arable land for growth and so competition with cropland would be greatly reduced. In this perspective we discuss the challenges and areas for improvement most pertinent for advancing cyanobacterial fuel production, including: improving genetic parts, carbon fixation, metabolic flux, nutrient requirements on a large scale, and photosynthetic efficiency using natural light. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4090892/ /pubmed/25022311 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2013.00007 Text en Copyright © 2013 Nozzi, Oliver and Atsumi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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