Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host.

ABSTRACT: Microalgae constitute a diverse group of eukaryotic unicellular organisms that are of interest for pure and applied research. Owing to their natural synthesis of value-added natural products microalgae are emerging as a source of sustainable chemical compounds, proteins and metabolites, including but not limited to those that could replace compounds currently made from fossil fuels. For the model microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, this has prompted a period of rapid development so that this organism is poised for exploitation as an industrial biotechnology platform. The question now is how best to achieve this? Highly advanced industrial biotechnology systems using bacteria and yeasts were established in a classical metabolic engineering manner over several decades. However, the advent

SUBMITTER: Scaife MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515103 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature