Producing Lipids and Lipid Derivatives by Fermentation Using Agro-Industrial By-Products as Substrates
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Fermentation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 210
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fermentation; emerging processing technologies; valorization of by-products and agro-industrial waste bioprocesses; antioxidant bioactive compounds
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Dear Colleagues,
The global demand for sustainable eco-friendly production processes for bio-based chemicals and materials has driven significant advancements in white biotechnology. This Special Issue focuses on the innovative use of agro-industrial waste and by-products as substrates for microbial fermentation to produce lipids and their derivatives. By converting these side streams from agriculture and industry into high-value compounds, especially lipids and their derivatives, this approach addresses waste management challenges and contributes to the circular bioeconomy.
Works in this Special Issue will explore both upstream and downstream processes, including studying microbial pathways, their engineering, and bioprocess optimization, varying the sources of substrate by-products, extracting lipids and transforming them. These products offer sustainable alternatives to conventional lipid production from fossil fuels or edible crops.
Given the above potential and developments, Fermentation is inviting authors to submit unpublished original contributions, critical review articles, and short communications for consideration in this Special Issue on “Producing Lipids and Lipid Derivatives by Fermentation Using Agro-Industrial By-Products as Substrates”. The topics covered in this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Fermentation strategies using agro-industrial waste and by-products as substrates;
- Genetic engineering for a better assimilation of these non-conventional substrates by microorganisms;
- Liquid- and solid-state fermentation for the production of lipids and their derivatives;
- Extraction of lipids and their derivatives;
- Microbial lipids’ transformation into products with a higher added value;
- Applications of microbial lipids and their derivatives.
Dr. Mohamed Koubaa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fermentation
- low-cost substrate transformation
- white biotechnology
- genetic engineering
- extraction
- chemical transformation of microbial lipids
- high-value-added compounds
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