Developing algae as a sustainable food source

CJ Diaz, KJ Douglas, K Kang, AL Kolarik… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Current agricultural and food production practices are facing extreme stress, posed by
climate change and an ever-increasing human population. The pressure to feed nearly 8 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome engineering via gene editing technologies in microalgae

B Jeong, J Jang, ES Jin - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
CRISPR-Cas has revolutionized genetic modification with its comparative simplicity and
accuracy, and it can be used even at the genomic level. Microalgae are excellent feedstocks …

Molecular design of microalgae as sustainable cell factories

A Einhaus, T Baier, O Kruse - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Microalgae are regarded as sustainable and potent chassis for biotechnology. Their
capacity for efficient photosynthesis fuels dynamic growth independent from organic carbon …

Improving microalgae for biotechnology—From genetics to synthetic biology–Moving forward but not there yet

V Kselíková, A Singh, V Bialevich, M Čížková… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that can be exploited for the
production of different compounds, ranging from crude biomass and biofuels to high value …

Role of secondary metabolites in distressed microalgae

M Kolackova, A Janova, M Dobesova, M Zvalova… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proficient photosynthetic microalgae/cyanobacteria produce a remarkable amount of various
biomolecules. Secondary metabolites (SM) represent high value products for global biotrend …

A potential paradigm in CRISPR/Cas systems delivery: at the crossroad of microalgal gene editing and algal-mediated nanoparticles

S Feng, X Xie, J Liu, A Li, Q Wang, D Guo, S Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Microalgae as the photosynthetic organisms offer enormous promise in a variety of
industries, such as the generation of high-value byproducts, biofuels, pharmaceuticals …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-algae: Revolutionizing food production for a healthy and sustainable future

B Naik, R Mishra, V Kumar, S Mishra, U Gupta… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2024 - Elsevier
The concept of developing innovative functional food products has attracted the attention of
many researchers to meet global demands as well as keep into account the well-being of …

Rates and spectra of de novo structural mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

E López-Cortegano, RJ Craig, J Chebib… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Genetic variation originates from several types of spontaneous mutation, including single-
nucleotide substitutions, short insertions and deletions (indels), and larger structural …

Deficiency of both classical and alternative end‐joining pathways leads to a synergistic defect in double‐strand break repair but not to an increase in homology …

L Merker, L Feller, A Dorn, H Puchta - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In eukaryotes, double‐strand breaks (DSBs) are either repaired by homologous
recombination (HR) or non‐homologous end‐joining (NHEJ). In somatic plant cells, HR is …

Efficient methods for multiple types of precise gene‐editing in Chlamydomonas

H Chen, QL Yang, JX Xu, X Deng, YJ Zhang… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Precise gene‐editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology remains a long‐standing challenge,
especially for genes with low expression and no selectable phenotypes in Chlamydomonas …