Clean Energy Generation in Microbial Metabolism

Dear Colleagues,

The utilization of fossil energy, especially its application as a transportation fuel, has resulted in the issue of continuous CO₂ concentration increase. Therefore, the application and production of clean energy is an urgent task for our researchers and the global government.

The development of novel bioprocesses, including the construction of microbial strains and enzymatic processes, provides environmentally friendly choices for bioethanol, biodiesel, bio-aviation fuel, bio-hydrogen and the intermediate of biofuel production.

Various novel, bio-process-based clean energy production methods are welcomed, including microbial strain selection and construction by metabolic pathway modification, enzyme production and application for clean energy production, new bioreactor design and the scale-up of relative bioprocesses.

The goal of this Special Issue is to publish both recent innovative research results, as well as review papers on the production of clean energy or the bio-intermediate of sustainable energy through biochemical processes. Thus, review and research papers on the development of novel bio-processes, including the abovementioned topics, are of interest. If you would like to contribute a review paper, please contact one of the editors to discuss the relevance of the topic before submitting the manuscript.

Dr. Meng Wang
Guest Editor

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