资源短缺、环境恶化是制约着全球可持续健康发展的两大难题。随着人口的增长和经济的发展,迫切需要可持续、稳定、绿色的化学品及燃料供应。长链脂肪酸及其衍生物(烷烃、脂肪醇)是生物燃料和油脂化学品的基础原料,但其传统供给方式与日益增长的需求存在突出矛盾。利用微生物生产脂肪酸类化合物,对高效利用生物质资源、减少温室气体和细微颗粒物排放具有重要意义。近日,来自瑞典查尔姆斯理工大学Jens Nielsen教授课题组系 The shortage of resources and the deterioration of the environment are two major problems that restrict the sustainable, healthy development of the world. With population growth and economic development, there is an urgent need for sustainable, stable and green chemicals and fuel supplies. Long-chain fatty acids and their derivatives (alkanes, fatty alcohols) are the basic raw materials for biofuels and oleochemicals, but there is a clear contradiction between their traditional ways of supply and the growing demand. The use of microorganisms to produce fatty acid compounds is of great importance for the efficient use of biomass resources and the reduction of greenhouse gases and fine particulate emissions. Recently, from Jens Nielsen Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden