The group around Wei LI has used two strains Nanochloropsis oceanica and gene-silencing methods to achieve higher efficiency and specificity of carbonic anhydrase and bicarbonate transport proteins on carbon metabolism related genes, resulting in up to 40% higher yield of oil production in the engineered organisms.
CAS news release, November 9, 2016
CAS QIBEBT establishs gene silencing technology for oil-producing microalgae