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SUBMITTER: Loira N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5496344 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loira Nicolás N Mendoza Sebastian S Paz Cortés María M Rojas Natalia N Travisany Dante D Genova Alex Di AD Gajardo Natalia N Ehrenfeld Nicole N Maass Alejandro A
BMC systems biology 20170704 1
<h4>Background</h4>Nannochloropsis salina (= Eustigmatophyceae) is a marine microalga which has become a biotechnological target because of its high capacity to produce polyunsaturated fatty acids and triacylglycerols. It has been used as a source of biofuel, pigments and food supplements, like Omega 3. Only some Nannochloropsis species have been sequenced, but none of them benefit from a genome-scale metabolic model (GSMM), able to predict its metabolic capabilities.<h4>Results</h4>We present i ...[more]