Advances in Microbial Technology for Enhanced Energy Production, Recovery, and Utilization

Dear Colleagues,

Microbial technology, as a core driving force in the field of bioenergy, is revolutionizing the way we produce, recover, and utilize energy in unprecedented ways. Biotechnology is reshaping the way we obtain and utilize energy, allowing us to convert waste into clean fuels, use microorganisms to directly produce hydrogen, and even design entire cells as efficient production factories. It provides promising solutions for addressing energy crises and climate change. With the advancement of biotechnology, traditional biofuels such as ethanol and biogas are being revitalized through microbial technology. At the same time, emerging areas of bioenergy are rapidly expanding, including microbial hydrogen production, microbial electrocatalysis (bio-batteries), and algal biofuels, as well as new microbial strains and biotechnologies for the recycling and utilization of resources and energy. We have reviewed the core advances and significant implications of bioenergy technology in different directions in order to provide reference for readers and contributors of this journal.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances and research related to the theory, design, technology, applications of all types of microbiology in energy.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Biotransformation of traditional energy sources;Biomass conversion capacity;
• Biofuel;
• Biogas;
• Microbial fuel cells;
• Microbial modification of energy crops;
• Biological recycling, storage, and utilization of energy and resources;
• Algae bioenergy;
• Gas carbon source utilization;
• Synthetic biology and microbial engineering in the energy sector;
• Efficient biodegradation of waste biomass;
• Enzyme modification and application;
• Biorefining and bioelectrochemistry;
• Biological hydrogen production;
• Future energy biotechnology.

Dr. Xingbiao Wang
Guest Editor

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