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Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production.
mBio - 23 May 2017
Lemmer Kimberly C, Zhang Weiping, Langer Samantha J, Dohnalkova Alice C, Hu Dehong, Lemke Rachelle A, Piotrowski Jeff S, Orr Galya, Noguera Daniel R, Donohue Timothy J
Abstract excerpt
Lipids from microbes offer a promising source of renewable alternatives to petroleum-derived compounds. In particular, oleaginous microbes are of interest because they accumulate a large fraction of their biomass as lipids. In this study, we analyzed genetic changes that alter lipid accumulation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides By screening an R. sphaeroides Tn5 mutant library for insertions that increased fatty acid...
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