Patent ID: 8906665

Claim:
An engineered photosynthetic microbe comprising a recombinant acyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.3) and a recombinant wax synthase (EC 2.3.1.75), wherein exposure of the engineered photosynthetic microbe to light and inorganic carbon results in incorporation of an alcohol into fatty acid esters produced by said engineered photosynthetic microbe, wherein at least one of said fatty acid esters is selected from the group consisting of a tetradecanoic acid ester, a Δ9-hexadecenoic acid ester, a hexadecanoic acid ester, a heptadecanoic acid ester, a Δ9-octadecenoic acid ester, and an octadecanoic acid ester, and wherein the amount of said fatty acid esters produced by said engineered photosynthetic microbe is increased relative to the amount of fatty acid esters produced by an otherwise identical cell lacking said recombinant acyl-CoA synthetase or recombinant wax synthase.