Recent advances in microbial CO2 fixation and conversion to value-added products

H Salehizadeh, N Yan, R Farnood - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing CO 2 levels in atmosphere has led to the unprecedented climate change in
recent years. Conventional methods for CO 2 capture are often cost inefficient, unsafe and …

Cyanobacteria: Review of current potentials and applications

Z Zahra, DH Choo, H Lee, A Parveen - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Continual increases in the human population and growing concerns related to the energy
crisis, food security, disease outbreaks, global warming, and other environmental issues …

Recent developments in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering in microalgae towards biofuel production

S Jagadevan, A Banerjee, C Banerjee, C Guria… - Biotechnology for …, 2018 - Springer
In the wake of the uprising global energy crisis, microalgae have emerged as an alternate
feedstock for biofuel production. In addition, microalgae bear immense potential as bio-cell …

Photosynthetic tumor oxygenation by photosensitizer‐containing cyanobacteria for enhanced photodynamic therapy

M Huo, L Wang, L Zhang, C Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sustained tumor oxygenation is of critical importance during type‐II photodynamic therapy
(PDT), which depends on the intratumoral oxygen level for the generation of reactive oxygen …

Carbon dioxide capture and bioenergy production using biological system–A review

SK Bhatia, RK Bhatia, JM Jeon, G Kumar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the growing use of fossil fuels and industrial activity, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO
2) emission is continuously increasing and is considered a primary contributor to climate …

Cyanobacteria: promising biocatalysts for sustainable chemical production

CJ Knoot, J Ungerer, PP Wangikar… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes showing great promise as biocatalysts for the
direct conversion of CO 2 into fuels, chemicals, and other value-added products. Introduction …

Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the synthesis of commodity products

SA Angermayr, AG Rovira, KJ Hellingwerf - Trends in biotechnology, 2015 - cell.com
Through metabolic engineering cyanobacteria can be employed in biotechnology.
Combining the capacity for oxygenic photosynthesis and carbon fixation with an engineered …

CRISPR-Cas9 for the genome engineering of cyanobacteria and succinate production

H Li, CR Shen, CH Huang, LY Sung, MY Wu… - Metabolic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria hold promise as a cell factory for producing biofuels and bio-derived
chemicals, but genome engineering of cyanobacteria such as Synechococcus elongatus …

Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biofuel production

P Majidian, M Tabatabaei, M Zeinolabedini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms directly and indirectly contribute to production of diverse biofuels.
Heterotrophic microorganisms are being used for commercial production of biofuels such as …

Engineering cyanobacteria for direct biofuel production from CO2

P Savakis, KJ Hellingwerf - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•We review the recent progress in the production of solar biofuels.•Articles
demonstrating proof of concept and optimisation studies are reviewed.•At this time, high …