Arizona State University

Bruce Rittman

Thomas A Moore

Ana L Moore

Cesar Torres

Willem Vermaas

Justin Flory

Petra Fromme

Methods and apparatus for growing photosynthetic organisms lacking Photosystem II (PSII) function using externally supplied electrons shuttled into the organism using redox mediators to improve photosynthetic output and to produce and recover chemicals of interest. By removing PSII, all PAR photons are funneled toward Photosystem I, thereby significantly increasing the theoretical photon utilization efficiency for COfixation, energy storage and the capacity to synthesize valuable chemicals. Additional genetic modification can be performed to insert or enhance specific metabolic pathways to generate products of commercial interest.

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Tempe, AZ, United States of America

Bruce Rittman