Microbial Electro-Fermentation in Biomass Refineries and Industrial Fermentation

Dear Colleagues,

Microbial electro-fermentation (EF) is rapidly emerging at the intersection of microbial electro-chemical technology (MET) and traditional biomass refineries, as well as industrial fermentation, promoting waste biomass utilization aiming to achieve value-added biorefineries. Influencing fermentation environments and microbial metabolism, EF utilizes microbial electro-chemical systems (MESs) for modifying the intracellular redox state of electro-chemically active bacteria, thereby overcoming the redox constraint of traditional fermentation, and opening possibilities to increase carbon efficiency. With very considerable potential in integrating value-added biorefineries using renewable current production chains, EF is attracting the interest of the industrial world and will be an important new frontier in the emerging bio-based economy.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present the current research advances and challenges in EF, regarding the electro-chemical conversion of biomass residues and waste streams, and its potential in promoting the production of a wide range of biofuels and bioproducts, such as food, feed, biopolymers, biosurfactants, organic acids, and various fine chemicals. Such studies may include, but are not limited to, the catalytic activity of electro-active microorganisms, electrical potential, the current impact on the metabolism of the organism of interest, fermenter designs incorporating electrodes for efficiently steering the EF, and techno-economical evaluation.

Dr. Jingwei Ma
Guest Editor

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