Potential applications of algae in biochemical and bioenergy sector

K Arora, P Kumar, D Bose, X Li, S Kulshrestha - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
Algae have gained substantial importance as the most promising potential green fuel source
across the globe and is on growing demand due to their antioxidant, anticancer, antiviral …

Single-Stage Astaxanthin Production Enhances the Nonmevalonate Pathway and Photosynthetic Central Metabolism in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

T Hasunuma, A Takaki, M Matsuda, Y Kato… - ACS synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The natural pigment astaxanthin is widely used in aquaculture, pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical, and cosmetic industries due to superior antioxidant properties. The green alga …

[HTML][HTML] Algal glycobiotechnology: omics approaches for strain improvement

R Sirohi, J Joun, HII Choi, VK Gaur, SJ Sim - Microbial cell factories, 2021 - Springer
Microalgae has the capability to replace petroleum-based fuels and is a promising option as
an energy feedstock because of its fast growth, high photosynthetic capacity and remarkable …

Metabolic engineering tools in model cyanobacteria

AL Carroll, AE Case, A Zhang, S Atsumi - Metabolic engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Developing sustainable routes for producing chemicals and fuels is one of the most
important challenges in metabolic engineering. Photoautotrophic hosts are particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of bicarbonate transporters in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 increases growth rate and glycogen accumulation

JK Gupta, P Rai, KK Jain, S Srivastava - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2020 - Springer
Background Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 is an attractive organism as a feedstock and for
photoautotrophic production of biofuels and biochemicals due to its fast growth and ability to …

Rerouting of carbon flux in a glycogen mutant of cyanobacteria assessed via isotopically non‐stationary 13C metabolic flux analysis

JI Hendry, C Prasannan, F Ma… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria, which constitute a quantitatively dominant phylum, have attracted attention
in biofuel applications due to favorable physiological characteristics, high photosynthetic …

Tunable Repression of Key Photosynthetic Processes Using Cas12a CRISPR Interference in the Fast-Growing Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. UTEX 2973

CJ Knoot, S Biswas, HB Pakrasi - ACS synthetic biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic prokaryotes that serve as key model organisms to study
basic photosynthetic processes and are potential carbon-negative production chassis for …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid flux balance analysis and machine learning pipeline elucidates metabolic adaptation in cyanobacteria

S Vijayakumar, PKSM Rahman, C Angione - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Machine learning has recently emerged as a promising tool for inferring multi-omic
relationships in biological systems. At the same time, genome-scale metabolic models …

Microbial engineering strategies to utilize waste feedstock for sustainable bioproduction

N Aggarwal, HL Pham, B Ranjan, M Saini… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The desire to move from a fossil fuel-based 'take–make–dispose'economy to a bio-based
circular economy has generated great interest in microbial metabolic engineering for its …

[HTML][HTML] Revalorization of microalgae biomass for synergistic interaction and sustainable applications: Bioplastic generation

IY López-Pacheco, LI Rodas-Zuluaga… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are photosynthetic microorganisms' sources of renewable
biomass that can be used for bioplastic production. These microorganisms have high growth …