Tokyo Tech team engineers Nannochloropsis algae to boost oil production; method potentially applicable to other strains

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By mmillikinSep 8, 2015, 6:00 am331 pts
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and colleagues have engineered the Nannochloropsis algal strain NIES-2145 to enhance the production of fat-based molecules called triacylglycerols (TAGs), thereby increasing oil synthesis from the microalgae. The study’s results suggest that the specific gene…

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