Recent advances in microbial CO2 fixation and conversion to value-added products

H Salehizadeh, N Yan, R Farnood - Chemical engineering journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing CO 2 levels in atmosphere has led to the unprecedented climate change in
recent years. Conventional methods for CO 2 capture are often cost inefficient, unsafe and …

New applications of synthetic biology tools for cyanobacterial metabolic engineering

M Santos-Merino, AK Singh, DC Ducat - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are promising microorganisms for sustainable biotechnologies, yet unlocking
their potential requires radical re-engineering and application of cutting-edge synthetic …

High-value biomass from microalgae production platforms: strategies and progress based on carbon metabolism and energy conversion

H Sun, W Zhao, X Mao, Y Li, T Wu, F Chen - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Microalgae are capable of producing sustainable bioproducts and biofuels by using carbon
dioxide or other carbon substances in various cultivation modes. It is of great significance to …

Potential of industrial biotechnology with cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae

RH Wijffels, O Kruse, KJ Hellingwerf - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Both cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae are promising organisms for sustainable
production of bulk products such as food, feed, materials, chemicals and fuels. In this review …

Microalgal heterotrophic and mixotrophic culturing for bio-refining: from metabolic routes to techno-economics

O Perez-Garcia, Y Bashan - Algal Biorefineries: Volume 2: Products and …, 2015 - Springer
In comparison with conventional photo-autotrophic cultivation, heterotrophic and mixotrophic
cultivations of microalgae offers a feasible strategy to produce biomass and valuable …

[HTML][HTML] Cyanobacteria: promising biocatalysts for sustainable chemical production

CJ Knoot, J Ungerer, PP Wangikar… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes showing great promise as biocatalysts for the
direct conversion of CO 2 into fuels, chemicals, and other value-added products. Introduction …

Harnessing the power of microbial autotrophy

NJ Claassens, DZ Sousa, VAPM Dos Santos… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Autotrophic microorganisms convert CO2 into biomass by deriving energy from light or
inorganic electron donors. These CO2-fixing microorganisms have a large, but so far only …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple routes toward engineering efficient cyanobacterial photosynthetic biomanufacturing technologies

J Cui, H Sun, R Chen, J Sun, G Mo, G Luan, X Lu - Green Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** efficient CO 2 utilization technologies can alleviate the urgent pressure on
energy and the environment. Moreover, these technologies are crucial for achieving the goal …

Engineering microbial consortia by division of labor

GW Roell, J Zha, RR Carr, MA Koffas, SS Fong… - Microbial cell …, 2019 - Springer
During microbial applications, metabolic burdens can lead to a significant drop in cell
performance. Novel synthetic biology tools or multi-step bioprocessing (eg, fermentation …

Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the synthesis of commodity products

SA Angermayr, AG Rovira, KJ Hellingwerf - Trends in biotechnology, 2015 - cell.com
Through metabolic engineering cyanobacteria can be employed in biotechnology.
Combining the capacity for oxygenic photosynthesis and carbon fixation with an engineered …