(2016)
The biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis.
Perspectives in Phycology
10.1127/pip/2016/0065.
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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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences 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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