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Synthetic photosynthetic cyanobacteria to produce fine chemicals directly from CO₂

International Conference on Synthetic Biology

September 28-29, 2015 Houston, USA

Weiwen Zhang

Tianjin University, China

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Curr Synthetic Sys Biol

Abstract :

Photosynthetic cyanobacteria have attracted significant attention as a Microbial factory to produce biofuels and various fine chemicals, mostly due to their abilities to utilize CO₂ and sunlight directly as carbon and energy sources, respectively. We will report our recent progress on engineering cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to produce 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HP) and butanol directly from CO₂ and on strengthening Synechocystis for better tolerances against toxic products.

Biography :

Email: wwzhang8@tju.edu.cn