An organic acid based counter selection system for cyanobacteria.

Cyanobacteria are valuable organisms for studying the physiology of photosynthesis and carbon fixation, as well as metabolic engineering for the production of fuels and chemicals. This work describes a novel counter selection method for the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 based on organic...

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Main Authors: Matthew B Begemann, Erin K Zess, Eric M Walters, Emily F Schmitt, Andrew L Markley, Brian F Pfleger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3788122?pdf=render