Cyanobacteria: photoautotrophic microbial factories for the sustainable synthesis of industrial products

NS Lau, M Matsui, AAA Abdullah - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria are widely distributed Gram‐negative bacteria with a long evolutionary
history and the only prokaryotes that perform plant‐like oxygenic photosynthesis …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for photosynthetic biochemical production

MC Lai, EI Lan - Metabolites, 2015 - mdpi.com
Engineering cyanobacteria into photosynthetic microbial cell factories for the production of
biochemicals and biofuels is a promising approach toward sustainability. Cyanobacteria …

Cyanobacteria: applications in biotechnology

J Kumar, D Singh, MB Tyagi, A Kumar - Cyanobacteria, 2019 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria, the first oxygen-evolving group of photosynthetic Gram-negative
prokaryotes, are unique among microbial world and grow in diverse habitats. Cyanobacteria …

Engineering biology approaches for food and nutrient production by cyanobacteria

D Liu, M Liberton, JI Hendry… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
As photoautotrophic organisms, cyanobacteria capture and store solar energy in the form of
biomass. Cyanobacterial biomass has been an important component of diet and nutrition in …

Cyanobacteria as photoautotrophic biofactories of high-value chemicals

D Norena-Caro, MG Benton - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2018 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria were the first organisms to use oxygenic photosynthesis for converting
carbon dioxide into useful organic chemicals. However, the chemical industry has …

Sustainability and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae): facts and challenges

NK Sharma, SP Tiwari, K Tripathi, AK Rai - Journal of Applied Phycology, 2011 - Springer
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are widely distributed Gram-negative oxygenic
photosynthetic prokaryotes with a long evolutionary history. They have potential applications …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the photoautotrophic metabolism of cyanobacteria: Biotechnological implications

T Veaudor, V Blanc-Garin, C Chenebault… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria constitute the only phylum of oxygen-evolving photosynthetic prokaryotes
that shaped the oxygenic atmosphere of our planet. Over time, cyanobacteria have evolved …

Cyanobacterial factories for the production of green energy and value-added products: An integrated approach for economic viability

SP Singh, J Pathak, RP Sinha - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are Gram-negative photosynthetic prokaryotes and are well known for their
role in global carbon dioxide and nitrogen fixation. Recent developments in synthetic …

[HTML][HTML] New applications of synthetic biology tools for cyanobacterial metabolic engineering

M Santos-Merino, AK Singh, DC Ducat - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are promising microorganisms for sustainable biotechnologies, yet unlocking
their potential requires radical re-engineering and application of cutting-edge synthetic …

Applications of cyanobacteria in biotechnology

RMM Abed, S Dobretsov… - Journal of applied …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria have gained a lot of attention in recent years because of their potential
applications in biotechnology. We present an overview of the literature describing the uses …