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ArticlemBio2024

Genome streamlining to improve performance of a fast-growing cyanobacterium

Annesha Sengupta, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Debolina Sarkar, John I Hendry, Max G Schubert, Deng Liu, George M Church, Costas D Maranas, Himadri B Pakrasi

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Article in mBio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. The design and engineering of synthetic genomes.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2025
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  5. Development ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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  6. Promising non-model microbial cell factories obtained by genome reduction.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Annesha SenguptaDepartment of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9137-4379
Anindita BandyopadhyayDepartment of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Debolina SarkarDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
John I HendryDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Max G SchubertWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Deng LiuDepartment of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
George M ChurchWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Costas D MaranasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1508-1398
Himadri B PakrasiDepartment of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8240-2123

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) MCB-2037829National Science Foundation (NSF) MCB-2037887National Science Foundation (NSF) MCB-2037995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic organisms that have garnered significant recognition as potential hosts for sustainable bioproduction. However, their complex regulatory networks pose significant challenges to major metabolic engineering efforts, thereby limiting their feasibility as production hosts. Genome streamlining has been demonstrated to be a successful approach for improving productivity and fitness in heterotrophs but is yet to be explored to its full potential in phototrophs. Here, we present the systematic reduction of the genome of the cyanobacterium exhibiting the fastest exponential growth,

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SynechococcusGene EditingMetabolic EngineeringPhotosynthesisCRISPR-Cas3cyanobacteriaessential gene identificationgenome minimizationlarge progressive deletion

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PMID38358263
PMCPMC10936165

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