Blue-green algae a five-tool player in converting waste to fuel
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists are working with Synechocystis 6803 -- as well as other microbes and systems -- in the areas of synthetic biology, protein engineering and metabolic engineering, with special focus on synthetic control systems to make the organism reach its untapped prowess. They say the biotech world has to overcome several challenges to put the engineered microbes in the applications stage.