Aurora Algae’s Genetic Optimization of Nannochloropsis
Aurora Algae, a company which produces algae based products, has developed a new technique ‘Homologous recombination’ for genetic optimization to create advanced-trait algae strains for their product development in the pharmaceutical, nutrition, renewable energy and animal feed markets.
The technique enables rapid development of optimized strains while retaining the organism’s natural genetic purity and is said to be a game changer for the company, as it vastly expedites research cycles, reducing the time and costs associated with studying biosynthetic pathways and subsequently manipulating those pathways. Aurora has successfully implemented the technique and has developed molecular tools for optimization of the alga- Nannochloropsis. The Company believes that the technique has the potential to rapidly advance algal functional genomics and biotechnology in a commercially relevant group of organisms.
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November 11th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Nannochloropsis is an organism of growing importance in the research related to biofuel production form photosynthetic microrganisms. Scientific discussions and the latest news about this organism can be found at http://www.nannochloropsis.org/blog/