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The biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis

(2016) The biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis. Perspectives in Phycology 10.1127/pip/2016/0065. Green open access

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Abstract

Abstract Oleaginous microalgae have commercial potential as photoautotrophic cell factories capable of producing advanced biofuels and high-value speciality oils. One genus of particular interest is Nannochloropsis, which includes a number of robust marine species well suited to industrial-scale cultivation. Advances in bioprocess technology, together with strain enhancement through traditional mutagenesis or genetic engineering approaches, now offer the possibility of improving the economics of oil production from Nannochloropsis. In this review we describe the current and potential industrial applications of this genus, consider the present status of genetic enhancement methods, and highlight the need for new advances in this area – including the development of techniques for engineering the chloroplast genome.

Type: Article
Title: The biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1127/pip/2016/0065
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/pip/2016/0065
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: biofuels, eicosapentaenoic acid, genetic engineering, plastome, transformation, Nannochloropsis, Microchloropsis
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1538828
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