Cyanobacteria as a Platform for Biofuel Production.
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Cyanobacteria have great potential as a platform for biofuel production because of their fast growth, ability to fix carbon dioxide gas, and their genetic tractability. Furthermore they do not require fermentable sugars or arable land for growth and so competition with cropland would be greatly reduced. In this perspective we discuss the challenges and areas for improvement most pertinent for advancing cyanobacterial fuel production, including: improving genetic parts, carbon fixation, metabolic flux, nutrient requirements on a large scale, and photosynthetic efficiency using natural light.
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In fourth-generation biofuel processes focusing on genetically optimized cyanobacteria, production of ethanol, butanol, isobutanol, and modified fatty acids has been realized successfully.
“In fourth-generation biofuel processes that focus on genetically optimized cyanobacteria, the production of ethanol, as well as other fuel products such as butanol, isobutanol, and modified fatty acids have been realized successfully [75,76].”
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- Authors
- Nozzi, N. E., Oliver, J. W. K., & Atsumi, S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Atsumi, Shota
- Venue
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 1
- Pages
- 7-7
- ISSN
- 2296-4185 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4090892
- OpenAlex
- W2163813680
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 5
- FWCI
- 1.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Keywords
- cyanobacteria, biofuel production, CO2 fixation, metabolic engineering, photosynthetic efficiency, genetic parts, metabolic flux, nutrient requirements
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