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METABOLITES
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 184-217Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/metabo4020184
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; metabolic engineering; biofuels; metabolite profiling; GC-MS; systems biology
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- Max Planck Society
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (Systems Biology Initiative FORSYS, Project GoFORSYS)
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The generation of efficient production strains is essential for the use of eukaryotic microalgae for biofuel production. Systems biology approaches including metabolite profiling on promising microalgal strains, will provide a better understanding of their metabolic networks, which is crucial for metabolic engineering efforts. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii represents a suited model system for this purpose. We give an overview to genetically amenable microalgal strains with the potential for biofuel production and provide a critical review of currently used protocols for metabolite profiling on Chlamydomonas. We provide our own experimental data to underpin the validity of the conclusions drawn.
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