Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 8, 2026

Light-Controlled Fermentations for Microbial Chemical and Protein Production
Published on: March 22, 2022
Reprogramming Halomonas for industrial production of chemicals
Xiangbin Chen1,2,3, Linping Yu1,2,3, Guanqing Qiao1,2,3
1MOE Lab of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Halomonas spp. are able to grow under a high salt concentration at alkali pH, they are able to resist contamination by other microbes. Development of Halomonas spp. as platform production strains for the next-generation industrial biotechnology (NGIB) is intensively studied. Among Halomonas spp., Halomonas bluephagenesis is the best studied one with available engineering tools and methods to reprogram it for production of various polyhydroxyalkanoates, proteins, and chemicals. Due to its contamination resistance, H. bluephagenesis can be grown under open and continuous processes not just in the labs but also in at least 1000 L fermentor scale. It is expected that NGIB based on Halomonas spp. be able to engineer for production of increasing number of products in a competitive manner.
Related Concept Videos
Chemical Reactions
Chemical Reactions Rearrange Atoms into New Substances
A chemical reaction takes starting materials—the reactants—and changes them...
Chemical Equations
Microorganisms in Agriculture and Food industry
Chemical Formulas
Introduction to Nuclear Reprogramming
Methods of Nuclear Reprogramming

