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Table 2 Chemicals synthesized from CO2 by engineered cyanobacteria, with titers higher than 1 g/L

From: Exploring the oxygenase function of Form II Rubisco for production of glycolate from CO2

Product

Strain

Titer

References

Sucrose

Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973

8 g/L

Lin et al. (2020)

Trehalose

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

5.7 g/L

Qiao et al. (2020)

Ethanol

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

5.5 g/L

Gao et al. (2012)

1-Butanol

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

4.8 g/L

Liu et al. (2019)

Glycolate

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

2.81 g/L

This study

2,3-Butanediol

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

2.38 g/L

Oliver et al. (2013)

d-Lactic acid

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

2.17 g/L

Varman et al. (2013)

Isoprene

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

1.26 g/L

Gao et al. (2016a, b)

1,3-Propanediol

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

1.22 g/L

Hirokawa et al. (2017)

(R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

1.84 g/L

Wang et al. (2018)

Isobutyraldehyde

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

1.1 g/L

Atsumi et al. (2009)

Mannitol

Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

1.1 g/L

Jacobsen et al. (2014)