Open AccessCarbon recycling by cyanobacteria: improving CO2 fixation through chemical production
Author(s) -
Angela Zhang,
Austin L. Carroll,
Shota Atsumi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - Czech
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1093/femsle/fnx165
Subject(s) - carbon fixation , photosynthesis , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , fossil fuel , atmospheric carbon cycle , carbon sequestration , carbon fibers , carbon dioxide , commodity chemicals , cyanobacteria , biochemical engineering , greenhouse gas , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , biology , materials science , bacteria , engineering , biochemistry , genetics , composite number , catalysis , organic chemistry , composite material
Atmospheric CO2 levels have reached an alarming level due to industrialization and the burning of fossil fuels. In order to lower the level of atmospheric carbon, strategies to sequester excess carbon need to be implemented. The CO2-fixing mechanism in photosynthetic organisms enables integration of atmospheric CO2 into biomass. Additionally, through exogenous metabolic pathways in these photosynthetic organisms, fixed CO2 can be routed to produce various commodity chemicals that are currently produced from petroleum. This review will highlight studies and modifications to different components of cyanobacterial CO2-fixing systems, as well as the application of these systems toward CO2-derived chemical production. 2,3-Butanediol is given particular focus as one of the most thoroughly studied systems for conversion of CO2 to a bioproduct.
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