Lipid biosynthesis and abiotic stress resilience in photosynthetic organisms

This application describes consortium between fungi and algae， where the algae are incorporated within hyphae of the fungi. The fungi， the algae， or both can be modified to express heterologous lipid synthesizing enzymes. Incorporation of algae into fungi facilitates harvesting of the algae and products produced by the consortia. Such consortia are robust. For example， the fungi and algae can symbiotically provide nutrients to each other and are tolerant of environmental stresses.