ArticleMaterials today. Bio2023
Light and carbon: Synthetic biology toward new cyanobacteria-based living biomaterials.
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- Building like a Coral-Parallelized, Multiscale Biofabrication.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- CyanoConstruct: simple platform for cyanobacterial expression construct assembly and translational tuning.BMC biotechnology · 2026Article
- Beyond carbon capture: bioengineering cyanobacteria as solar-driven platforms for remediation of recalcitrant human-generated waste.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Long-term homeostasis in microbial consortia via auxotrophic cross-feeding.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Outlook on Synthetic Biology-Driven Hydrogen Production: Lessons from Algal Photosynthesis Applied to Cyanobacteria.Energy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal · 2025Review
- The Performance of a Multi-Stage Surface Flow Constructed Wetland for the Treatment of Aquaculture Wastewater and Changes in Epiphytic Biofilm Formation.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Meta-Analysis of Abiotic Conditions Affecting Exopolysaccharide Production in Cyanobacteria.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Synthetic Ecosystems: From the Test Tube to the Biosphere.ACS synthetic biology · 2024Review
- Cyanobacteria newly isolated from marine volcanic seeps display rapid sinking and robust, high-density growth.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Bacterial Hybrid Light-Emitting Diodes.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024Article
- A toolbox to engineer the highly productive cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901.Plant physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cyanobacteria are ideal candidates to use in developing carbon neutral and carbon negative technologies; they are efficient photosynthesizers and amenable to genetic manipulation. Over the past two decades, researchers have demonstrated that cyanobacteria can make sustainable, useful biomaterials, many of which are engineered living materials. However, we are only beginning to see such technologies applied at an industrial scale. In this review, we explore the ways in which synthetic biology tools enable the development of cyanobacteria-based biomaterials. First we give an overview of the ecological and biogeochemical importance of cyanobacteria and the work that has been done using cyanobacteria to create biomaterials so far. This is followed by a discussion of commonly used cyanobacteria strains and synthetic biology tools that exist to engineer cyanobacteria. Then, three case studies-bioconcrete, biocomposites, and biophotovoltaics-are explored as potential applications of synthetic biology in cyanobacteria-based materials. Finally, challenges and future directions of cyanobacterial biomaterials are discussed.
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