IAK692: a genome-scale metabolic model of Spirulina platensis C1.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis is a well-known filamentous cyanobacterium used in the production of many industrial products, including high value compounds, healthy food supplements, animal feeds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, for example. It has been increasingly studied around the world for scientific purposes, especially for its genome, biology, physiology, and also for the analysis of its small-scale metabolic network. However, the overall description of the metabolic and biotechnological capabilities of S. platensis requires the development of a whole cellular metabolism model. Recently, the S. platensis C1 (Arthrospira sp. PCC9438) genome sequence has become available, allowing systems-level studies of this commercial cyanobacterium.

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SUBMITTER: Klanchui A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3430566 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature