Increased Lipid Accumulation and Carbohydrate Synthesis in Strains of Microalgae
- Technology Benefits
- Main Advantages of this InventionΓÇó Ability to increase starch production in specific algae strain by tenfoldΓÇó Significant increases in other carbon phenotypesΓÇó Manipulation are simple to perform
- Technology Application
- Potential Areas of Application ΓÇó Biofuels productionΓÇó Increased us of algae as food stocks
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Industry
- Biomedical
- Sub Category
- DNA/Gene Engineering
- *Abstract
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In this invention we report methods by which various strains of microalgae are manipulated. From these manipulations, the microalgae can be made to: 1) overproduce two principal building blocks fro biofuels feedstocks, starch and TAG; 2) overaccumulate lipids or 3) accumulate significantly higher levels of both lipids and starch, while the cells are dividing. The methods do lead attenuated rates of photosynthesis and acetate uptake, the overall effect is a dramatic carbon production accumulation.
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Matt Posewitz
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- Country/Region
- USA
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