Transcriptomic response to prolonged ethanol production in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The production of biofuels in photosynthetic microalgae and cyanobacteria is a promising alternative to the generation of fuels from fossil resources. To be economically competitive, producer strains need to be established that synthesize the targeted product at high yield and over a long time. Engineering cyanobacteria into forced fuel producers should considerably interfere with overall cell homeostasis, which in turn might counteract productivity and sustainability of the process. Therefore, in-depth characterization of the cellular response upon long-term production is of high interest for the targeted improvement of a desired strain.

Results

The transcriptome-wide response to continuous ethanol production was examined in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 using high r

SUBMITTER: Dienst D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925133 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature