Cyanobacteria as cell factories for the photosynthetic production of sucrose.

ABSTRACT: Biofuels and other biologically manufactured sustainable goods are growing in popularity and demand. Carbohydrate feedstocks required for industrial fermentation processes have traditionally been supplied by plant biomass, but the large quantities required to produce replacement commodity products may prevent the long-term feasibility of this approach without alternative strategies to produce sugar feedstocks. Cyanobacteria are under consideration as potential candidates for sustainable production of carbohydrate feedstocks, with potentially lower land and water requirements relative to plants. Several cyanobacterial strains have been genetically engineered to export significant quantities of sugars, especially sucrose. Sucrose is not only naturally synthesized and accumulated by cyanobact

SUBMITTER: Santos-Merino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971976 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature