Engineering of an oleaginous bacterium for the production of fatty acids and fuels
June 17th, 2019 by Hye Mi Kim
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 17 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41589-019-0295-5
Optimization of triacylglycerol production in the oleaginous bacterium Rhodococcus opacus followed by pathway engineering enables the enhanced production of free fatty acids, fatty acid ethyl esters and long-chain hydrocarbons from glucose.