Microbial Biotechnological Application for Metabolite Bioprocesses
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1586
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A Special Issue on “Microbial Biotechnological Application for Metabolite Bioprocesses” is being prepared for the journal Microorganisms. A bioprocess with microbial biotechnology is an application of the microbial bio-process technique involving living microorganisms or their enzymatic components to influence the desired bio-transformation of substrates. In contrast to traditional chemical processes, their mild and/or non-toxic reaction conditions are used for the specific and efficient production of valuable compounds with multiple applications. In addition, advanced recombinant DNA technology has enhanced the potential of microbial biotechnology in bioprocesses. Many fields have successfully adopted microbial biotechnology in bioprocesses including industrial production of biochemicals, production of secondary metabolites, production of flavors, food and beverages, production of pharmaceutical biosynthesis, and other metabolites. Recently, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and systems biology have enabled microorganisms to produce diverse and novel biochemicals. Thus, developing novel effective tools and understanding microbial metabolisms are essential for the microbial biotechnological applications in bioprocesses, which will accelerate the development of economic productions of many value-added bioactive compounds. Potential topics of interest in this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Production of natural and bioactive compounds in bioprocesses by microorganisms;
- Production of non-native chemicals in bioprocesses by microorganisms;
- Microorganism metabolic engineering involved in bioprocesses;
- Application of systems biology and synthetic biology in microorganism biotechnology in bioprocesses;
- Genome-scale models of microorganisms; novel microorganism genome editing tool development;
- Microorganism omics data application in microorganism biotechnology in bioprocesses.
Dr. Whei-Fen Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial biotechnology
- bioprocess
- metabolic engineering
- genome editing tool
- omics
- recombinant DNA technology
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