Microbial Fermentation for Sustainable Bioproducts and Bioeconomy
A Special Issue of BioTech (ISSN 2673-6284) belonging to the section "Industry, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 168
Editor
Interests: metabolic engineering; C1 compound utilization; microbial cell factory; heterologous expression; mycotoxin degradation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition toward a sustainable bioeconomy requires the efficient valorization of renewable non-food carbon resources, particularly lignocellulosic biomass and one-carbon (C1) compounds such as CO₂, methanol, formate and methane. Recent advances in metabolic engineering have enabled the development of microbial cell factories capable of converting these substrates into high-value products. These products have broad applications in food, feed, pharmaceuticals and renewable materials. However, significant challenges remain, including a limited range of target products, low carbon conversion efficiency, inefficient substrate utilization, insufficient strain robustness and the lack of economically viable bioprocesses. This Special Issue aims to highlight cutting-edge research addressing these fundamental bottlenecks and to promote interdisciplinary solutions for the sustainable production of food, feed, chemicals and functional materials. We welcome original research articles and comprehensive reviews covering carbon assimilation pathways, metabolic engineering strategies, enzyme and pathway optimization, microbial chassis development, systems-level metabolic analysis, AI-assisted strain design, bioprocess optimization, techno-economic and life-cycle assessments and industrial translation. We warmly invite researchers from academia and industry to contribute their latest findings and perspectives, fostering scientific exchange and accelerating the commercialization of renewable carbon-based biomanufacturing technologies.
Dr. Xiaolu Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- C1 compound
- lignocellulose
- metabolic engineering
- resource utilization
- food and feed additives
- renewable materials
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