UPLC-UV-MSE analysis for the characterization of carotenoids and chlorophylls in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 cyanobacterium

ALONSO SALCES, ROSA MARIA; ABAD-GARCÍA, B.; PEREZ-CENCI, M.; FUSELLI, S. R.; BERRUETA, L. A.; GALLO, B.

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Conferencia; IMSC 2014 20th International Mass Spectrometry Conference; 2014

Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry (SGMS), the French Mass Spectrometry Society (SFSM) and the Division of Mass Spectrometry of the Italian Chemical Society (DSM)

Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 is a fast growing unicellular marine cyanobacterium, which is found in both freshwater and marine water environments. It is an ideal metabolic engineering platform for carbon-neutral biotechnology because they directly convert CO2 to a range of valuable products, such as biofuels and bioactive carotenoids and chlorophylls. Synechococcus is capable of photoheterotrophic, chemoheterotrophic, photoautotrophic, and even nitrogen fixation, and thanks to the knowledge related to its genome and metabolism, its metabolic pathways can be readily manipulated towards the production of those valuable products. Carotenoids and chlorophylls are used as natural additive in the food (food colorants), pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, and are known to have an important role as antioxidants.