Engineering the novel extremophile alga Chlamydomonas pacifica for high lipid and high starch production as a path to developing commercially relevant strains
Abhishek Gupta, João Vitor Dutra Molino, Kathryn M. J. Wnuk-Fink, Aaron Bruckbauer, Marissa Tessman, Kalisa Kang, Crisandra Jade Diaz, Barbara Saucedo, Ashleyn Malik, Michael D. Burkart, Stephen Patrick Mayfield
This paper genetically engineers the extremophile alga Chlamydomonas pacifica to produce high lipid and starch levels for biodiesel and thermoplastic polyurethane precursors, demonstrating scalability in pilot-scale cultivation.
ACS ES&T Engineering · Nov 25, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology