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. 2023 Mar;41(3):283-285.
doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.005. Epub 2023 Jan 14.

Opening the door to nitrogen fixation in oxygenic phototrophs

Dianna S Morris  1 , Niaz Bahar Chowdhury  2 , Mark Kathol  2 , Rajib Saha  3
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Opening the door to nitrogen fixation in oxygenic phototrophs

Dianna S Morris et al. Trends Biotechnol. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Conveying biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) to photosynthetic species may be the next agricultural revolution, yet poses major engineering challenges. Liu et al. created a diazotrophic strain of a previously non-nitrogen-fixing species, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and uncovered critical aspects of nitrogen fixation in an oxygenic species.

Keywords: metabolic engineering; nitrogen fixation; non-model cyanobacteria; photosynthesis.

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