Scientists research B.Brauni codon for biofuel production
An article in the journal Phycologia takes an in-depth look at the genetic structure of a unicellular green alga, Botryococcus braunii, and explores its unique ability to be utilised in the genetic engineering of biofuel development.The research focused on the codon usage, or DNA compatibility, of B. braunii with other species of green algae, five species of land plants, and eight other phyla species, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and mammals.
Many green algal species has high GC content, which causes codon usage bias, or poor compatibility, with other organisms. Interestingly, B. braunii had comparatively low GC content and its codon usage was similar to that of bacteria, mammals, and land plants. Researchers believe that the ability of B. braunii to synthesise large amount of hydrocarbons, with the newly discovered codon usage and GC content data, could lead to new genetic engineering techniques that could hasten biofuel development and production.
More: http://www.eaem.co.uk/news/new-use-algae-biofuel-production
September 19th, 2013 at 6:21 am
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