Application of synthetic biology in cyanobacteria and algae

Cyanobacteria and algae are becoming increasingly attractive cell factories for producing renewable biofuels and chemicals due to their ability to capture solar energy and CO2 and their relatively simple genetic background for genetic manipulation. Increasing research efforts from the synthetic biol...

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Main Authors: Bo eWang, Jiangxin eWang, Weiwen eZhang, Deirdre R. Meldrum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00344/full