Methods to increase and harvest desired metabolite production in algae
AssigneeInstitute for Systems Biology
InventorsNitin S. Baliga, Monica V. Orellana, Kenia Whitehead, W. Lee Pang
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Abstract
Enhanced yields of photosynthetically fixed carbon produced by hypersaline photosynthetic algae are provided by co-culturing with a halophilic archaea. Further, methods are provided to control harvesting of desired metabolic products from hypersaline photosynthetic algae by controlling caspase activity.
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A method to enhance fixation of carbon into organic compounds in a culture of hypersaline photosynthetic algae in artificial medium which method comprises adding to said culture a culture in artificial medium of haloarchaea cells to obtain a co-culture:
- wherein the co-culture contains NaCl in the range of 100-200 g/L.
A co-culture in artificial medium of hypersaline photosynthetic algae with haloarchaea:
- wherein the co-culture contains NaCl in the range of 100-200 g/L.
A co-culture of hypersaline photosynthetic algae with haloarchaea, wherein the algae consist of Dunaliella salina and wherein the haloarchaea consist of Halobacterium salinarum.
A method to enhance fixation of carbon into organic compounds in a culture of hypersaline photosynthetic algae which method comprises adding to said culture a culture of haloarchaea cells to obtain a co-culture, wherein the algae consist of Dunaliella salina, or wherein the haloarchaea consist of Halobacterium salinarum.
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