Recent advancements in the genetic engineering of microalgae

AE Sproles, FJ Fields, TN Smalley, CH Le, A Badary… - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of more sustainable food, feed, and bio-products is critical to mitigating the
environmental stresses facing our world today. Algae, which includes seaweeds, eukaryotic …

Biotechnological exploitation of microalgae

D Gangl, JAZ Zedler, PD Rajakumar… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Microalgae are a diverse group of single-cell photosynthetic organisms that include
cyanobacteria and a wide range of eukaryotic algae. A number of microalgae contain high …

Improving microalgae for biotechnology—From genetics to synthetic biology

M Hlavova, Z Turoczy, K Bisova - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae have traditionally been used in many biotechnological applications, where each
new application required a different species or strain expressing the required properties; the …

Strategies for high-level recombinant protein expression in transgenic microalgae: a review

G Potvin, Z Zhang - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
Microalgae represent the 'best of both worlds', combining the high growth rate and ease of
cultivation of microorganisms with the ability to perform post-transcriptional and post …

Genetic engineering of microalgae for enhanced lipid production

CF Muñoz, C Südfeld, MIS Naduthodi… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae have the potential to become microbial cell factories for lipid production. Their
ability to convert sunlight and CO 2 into valuable lipid compounds has attracted interest from …

Advances and challenges in genetic engineering of microalgae

C Fajardo, M De Donato, R Carrasco… - Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge at the molecular level of microalgae has obtained great scientific
interest in recent years, because of their potential for biofuel production, as well as other …

Engineering microalgae: transition from empirical design to programmable cells

Y Lu, X Zhang, H Lin, A Melis - Algal Biotechnology, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Domesticated microalgae hold great promise for the sustainable provision of various
bioresources for human domestic and industrial consumption. Efforts to exploit their potential …

Bioengineering of microalgae: recent advances, perspectives, and regulatory challenges for industrial application

G Kumar, A Shekh, S Jakhu, Y Sharma… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae, due to their complex metabolic capacity, are being continuously explored for
nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and other industrially important bioactives. However …

Microalgae as a future food source

Y Torres-Tiji, FJ Fields, SP Mayfield - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the key challenges that we face in the 21st century is the need to feed an ever-
increasing human population with increasingly limited natural resources. Even today it is …

Recent developments on genetic engineering of microalgae for biofuels and bio‐based chemicals

IS Ng, SI Tan, PH Kao, YK Chang… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae serve as a promising source for the production of biofuels and bio‐based
chemicals. They are superior to terrestrial plants as feedstock in many aspects and their …