Bio-crude transcriptomics [electronic resource] : Gene discovery and metabolic network reconstruction for the biosynthesis of the terpenome of the hydrocarbon oil-producing green alga, <i>Botryococcus braunii</i> race B (Showa)*

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 580.2 Plants
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: Article No. 576 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 263909
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. Biofuel; 3. Fatty acid biosynthesis; 4. Start biosynthesis; 5. Terpene biosynthesis

Tóm tắt

 Microalgae hold promise for yielding a biofuel feedstock that is sustainable, carbon-neutral, distributed, and only minimally disruptive for the production of food and feed by traditional agriculture. Amongst oleaginous eukaryotic algae, the B race of <
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 Botryococcus braunii<
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  is unique in that it produces large amounts of liquid hydrocarbons of terpenoid origin. These are comparable to fossil crude oil, and are sequestered outside the cells in a communal extracellular polymeric matrix material. The biosynthetic engineering of terpenoid bio-crude production requires identification of genes and reconstruction of metabolic pathways responsible for production of both hydrocarbons and other metabolites of the alga that compete for photosynthetic carbon and energy.