# Institute of Microbiology, CAS

metabolic engineering of microalgae with more efficient carbon-fixing enzymes (RuBisCO) for faster photosynthesis at low atmospheric CO2.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/im-cas/
Updated: 2026-06-30

- Country: China

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Affiliation | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/ |
| Research focus | microbial physiological and metabolic engineering, industrial microbiology, synthetic biology, and microbial resource utilization | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/, https://im.cas.cn/jgsz/kybm/, https://im.cas.cn/jgsz/kybm/wswslydxgcyjs/ |
| Facility | China General Microbiological Culture Collection (CGMCC) | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/ |
| Facility | CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/ |
| Grant | National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFC2103500) | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10809010/ |
| Grant | National Natural Science Foundation of China (32270057) | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10809010/ |
| Grant | DNL Cooperation Fund, CAS (DNL202014) | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10809010/ |
| Principal staff | More than 288 researchers, including five CAS academicians | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/ |
| Headcount | More than 490 staff members and nearly 600 graduate students | https://english.im.cas.cn/aboutus/ |

Independent sources: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

## Technologies

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