SALT TOLERANT ORGANISMS

摘要

Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations.

主权项

1. A non-vascular photosynthetic organism comprising at least one mutation in a nucleotide sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 201, SEQ ID NO. 129, SEQ ID NO. 202, SEQ ID NO. 206, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 198, SEQ ID NO. 200, SEQ ID NO. 204, SEQ ID NO. 203, SEQ ID NO. 135, SEQ ID NO. 134, SEQ ID NO. 166, SEQ ID NO. 162, SEQ ID NO. 169, SEQ ID NO. 168, SEQ ID NO. 170, SEQ ID NO. 175, SEQ ID NO. 127, SEQ ID NO. 230, SEQ ID NO. 231, SEQ ID NO. 233 and SEQ ID NO. 234 or a sequence having at least 95% identity thereto; wherein said at least one mutation comprises one or more nucleotide additions, deletions or substitutions; and wherein said non-vascular photosynthetic organism has an increased growth rate in an aqueous environment containing between about 75 mM and 275 mM sodium chloride as compared to the organism without said at least one mutation.