Immobilization in nanocellulose matrix reallocates cyanobacterial proteome resources from growth to bioproduction
Sara Lupacchini, Emil Sporre, Nashwa L. Attallah, Vishnu Arumughan, Eero Kontturi, Hjalmar Brismar, Thaddeus C. Maloney, Elton Paul Hudson, Valentina Guccini
This study shows that immobilizing cyanobacteria in a nanocellulose matrix shifts their proteome from growth to sucrose synthesis by downregulating ribosomal proteins and upregulating carbon concentrating machinery and stress responses.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology