Journal
CELLULOSE
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 691-701Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-008-9217-5
Keywords
cyanobacteria; cellulose; biofuels; Gluconacetobacter xylinus; functional expression; transgenic; cellulose synthase
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- DOE
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We report the transfer of cellulose synthesis genes (acsAB Delta C) from the heterotropic alpha proteobacterium, Gluconacetobacter xylinus strain ATCC 53582 to a photosynthetic microbe (Synechococcus leopoliensis strain UTCC 100). These genes were functionally expressed in this cyanobacterium, resulting in the production of non-crystalline cellulose. Although the cellulose lacks the structural integrity of the product synthesized by G. xylinus, the non-crystalline nature of the cyanobacterial cellulose makes it an ideal potential feedstock for biofuel production.
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