Cyanobacteria are promising microorganisms for sustainable biotechnologies, yet unlocking
their potential requires radical re-engineering and application of cutting-edge synthetic …

Biophotovoltaics is a relatively new discipline in microbial fuel cell research. The basic idea
is the conversion of light energy into electrical energy using photosynthetic microorganisms …

Cyanobacteria are model organisms for photosynthesis and are attractive for biotechnology
applications. To aid investigation of genotype-phenotype relationships in cyanobacteria, we …

Metabolomics, an essential tool in modern synthetic biology based on the design-build-test-
learn platform, is useful for obtaining a detailed understanding of cellular metabolic …

Highlights•Host organisms need to tolerate outdoor conditions and abiotic stresses.•Robust,
fast-growing cyanobacterial strains can be engineered as efficient hosts.•Engineered and …

Algal biofuels have received wide attention in recent years for its potential to reduce the
dependence on conventional fossil fuels. Despite the portrayed advantages of high growth …

Environmental pollution caused by heavy metals has received worldwide attentions due to
their ubiquity, poor degradability and easy bioaccumulation in host cells. As one potential …

The capability of cyanobacteria to produce sucrose from CO 2 and light has a remarkable
societal and biotechnological impact since sucrose can serve as a carbon and energy …

Decoupling growth from product synthesis is a promising strategy to increase carbon
partitioning and maximize productivity in cell factories. However, reduction in both substrate …

Plant lipids have versatile applications and provide essential fatty acids in human diet.
Therefore, there has been a growing interest to better characterize the genetic basis …