Engineering a marine microalga Chlorella sp. as the cell factory.

ABSTRACT: The use of marine microalgae in industrial systems is attractive for converting CO₂ into value-added products using saline water and sunlight. The plant nature and demonstrated industrial potential facilitate Chlorella spp. as excellent model organisms for both basic research and commercial application. However, the transformation method has not been developed in marine Chlorella spp., thus genetic engineering is hindered in exploiting the industrial potentialities of these strains. In this study, we provided a transformation protocol for the marine Chlorella strain MEM25, which showed robust characteristics, including high production of proteins and polyunsaturated fatty acids in multiple cultivation systems over various spatial-temporal scales. We showed that transformants cou

SUBMITTER: Gu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10485975 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature