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Editorial
. 2021 Jul 13:12:725128.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.725128. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Exploring the Growing Role of Cyanobacteria in Industrial Biotechnology and Sustainability

David J Lea-Smith  1 , Tina C Summerfield  2 , Daniel C Ducat  3 , Xuefeng Lu  4 , Alistair J McCormick  5 , Saul Purton  6
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Editorial: Exploring the Growing Role of Cyanobacteria in Industrial Biotechnology and Sustainability

David J Lea-Smith et al. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: biotechnology; chemical production; cyanobacteria; protein turnover; synthetic biology.

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