Microalgae for the production of plant specialized metabolites of interest

Algae-C是一家专门从事藻类生物质生产的公司。它可以在现场生产藻类， 各种部门（水产养殖、营养保健品、化妆品和生物燃料）。迄今为止，许多燃料、药品和 化妆品是从植物中提取的。这些有价值的植物天然产物（PNP）通常是由 在植物中含量低，提取方法可能耗时长且昂贵。因此，人们对以下方面很感兴趣： 代谢工程用于开发微生物平台以产生特定的PNP。微藻是 是植物生物学和基因工程的众所周知的系统，并且是感兴趣的和合适的宿主， 重建复杂的植物途径。Algae-C希望将代谢工程研究转化为 工业过程。该项目旨在优化微藻平台，以生产有价值的PNPs。 这些企业的动机是消费者对环保产品的需求， 昂贵，并且具有与由PNP产生的那些类似或上级的性质。

Algae-C is a company specialized in algal biomass production. It enables on-site production of algae for a wide variety of sectors (aquaculture, nutraceutical, cosmetic and biofuel). To date, many fuels, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products are extracted from plants. These valuable plant natural products (PNPs) are often produced in low quantities in plants and extraction methods can be long and expensive. Thus, there is much interest in metabolic engineering for developing microbial platforms to produce specific PNPs. Microalgae are well-known systems for plant biology and genetic engineering and are interesting and suitable hosts for the reconstitution of complex plant pathways. Algae-C wishes to translate metabolic engineering research into industrial processes. This project aims to optimized microalgae platforms for the production of valuable PNPs. These ventures are motivated by consumer demand for products that are environmentally friendly, less expensive, and possess properties similar or superior with those generated by PNPs.