Emerging Microbial Technologies in Fermentation: Innovations in Food, Environmental, and Health Bioprocesses
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Fermentation for Food and Beverages".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food; clinical; medical and environmental microbiology; microbial biotechnology; probiotic and psychobiotic microorganisms; biotechnology of new products/supplements for human health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to highlight cutting-edge research on the use of microorganisms—including bacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi, and microalgae—in bioprocesses and biotechnological applications with relevance to the food, environmental, and health sectors involving fermentative processes.
We welcome original research articles and reviews that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Probiotic biotechnology and functional microbial strains for food and health applications;
- Genetically engineered microorganisms in fermentation processes;
- Microbial transformation and valorization of agro-industrial by-products;
- Applications of microbial fermentation in health-related bioprocesses, such as postbiotic or metabolite production;
- Microbial consortia and synthetic biology for sustainable bioprocesses;
- Environmental biotechnology using microbial systems for bioremediation and waste valorization.
This Special Issue intends to bring together interdisciplinary research that bridges microbiology, biotechnology, process engineering, and sustainable development goals (SDGs), aiming to foster innovation in both academic and industrial settings.
Dr. Karina Teixeira Magalhães-Guedes
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fermentation is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- environmental biotechnology
- functional foods
- genetically engineered microorganisms
- microbial fermentation
- postbiotics and microbial metabolites
- probiotic biotechnology
- sustainable bioprocesses
- synthetic biology and microbial consortia
- valorization of agro-industrial by-products
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