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 …

Through metabolic engineering cyanobacteria can be employed in biotechnology.
Combining the capacity for oxygenic photosynthesis and carbon fixation with an engineered …

Isoprene, a key building block of synthetic rubber, is currently produced entirely from
petrochemical sources. Previous metabolic engineering efforts, centered on heterologous …

The plant terpenoids limonene (C10H16) and α-bisabolene (C15H24) are hydrocarbon
precursors to a range of industrially relevant chemicals. High-titer microbial synthesis of …

Microorganisms directly and indirectly contribute to production of diverse biofuels.
Heterotrophic microorganisms are being used for commercial production of biofuels such as …

More than 70,000 different terpenoid structures are known so far; many of them offer highly
interesting applications as pharmaceuticals, flavors and fragrances, or biofuels. Extraction of …

Terpenoids, or isoprenoids, are a family of compounds with great structural diversity which
are essential for all living organisms. In cyanobacteria, they are synthesized from the …

Heterologous expression of the isoprene synthase gene in the cyanobacterium
Synechocystis PCC 6803 conferred upon these microorganisms the property of …

Isoprenoids are one of the largest groups of natural compounds and have a variety of
important functions in the primary metabolism of land plants and algae. In recent years, our …

The versatile use of biopigments in food, feed, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and analytical
industries emphasized to find different and renewable sources of biopigments. Microalgae …