Microbial Biotechnology
A section of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Section Information
Microorganisms are important cell factories for the synthesis of proteins, small and large metabolites and for the production of single cell proteins. The field of microbial biotechnology includes methods and strategies for the production and use of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms (e.g. yeasts, fungi, algae) and archaea for substance synthesis and the use of the microorganisms or their substances in applications in the fields of white (industrial), red (pharmaceutical/medical) and green (agro-environmental) biotechnology. It also considers the application of microorganisms or their products in the fields of energy, food and feed, biocatalysis, mining and for new materials. Aside from these application areas, the section also focuses on the methodology of bioprocess development, including high throughput screening and process technologies, design of experiments (DoE) and modelling approaches, and technologies for scale-up and scale-down.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Microbial Cell Factories for Sustainable Biomass Protein Production (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Phages: From Biology to Application in Medicine and Biotechnology (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Bacterial Degradation of Pollutants: Can We Still Save Nature? (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Advancing Microbial Biotechnology (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Harnessing Microbial Power for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Microbial Electrolysis Cells and Microbial Fuel Cells (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Mycolata (Corynebacteria, Rhodococci and Mycobacteria): Good Servants but Bad Masters (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Microbial Gene Editing Technology (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Microbial Enzymes—Tools for Biotechnological Processes (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Advances in Fundamentals and Application of Microbial Industrial Biotechnology (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Engineering of Microbial Factories for the Production of Useful Compounds (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Exploration of Marine Microbial Resources (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Resource Utilization of Microorganisms: Fermentation and Biosynthesis (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Exploring the Diversity of Microbial Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Secondary Metabolism of Microorganisms, 4th Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Probiotics and Postbiotics: Advances in Functional Foods and Health Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Harnessing Microbes for Crop Protection and Fertilization (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Microbial Bioprocesses (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Photodynamic Inactivation in Bacterial Infections Within a One Health Setting (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Engineered Microbial Systems for Innovative Bioprocessing Solutions (Deadline: 20 July 2026)
- Microbial Biotechnology in Biofuels and Bioproducts (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Advances in the Development of Agricultural Bio-Inputs Based on Microorganisms (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbiological Approaches to Water Pollution Control and Water Ecological Restoration (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbial Biotechnology in the Food Industry: Innovations, Applications, and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbes for Sustainable Production (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbial Fermentation in Food Processing (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbial Genomics in the Age of Omics and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Microbial Synthesis of Natural Products and Their Potential Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Methanotrophs at Work: Leveraging Native and Synthetic Biochemistry for Biotech-Nology, Biomining, and Remediation (Deadline: 30 August 2026)
- Advances in Microbial Cell Factories, 4th Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- State-of-the-Art Microbial Biotechnology in China (2026, 2027) (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- The Application Potential of Microbial Biotechnology (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Microalgae Cultivation and Bioprocess Engineering for Environmental Remediation, Bioproduct Development and Resource Recovery (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Microbial Biotechnologies and Microorganism Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Yeast Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Advances in Microbial Surfactants: Production and Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Microbial Metabolism and Application in Biodegradation—Second Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Bio-Convergence: Microorganism Usage for Sustainability Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Yeast: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications in Food (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Probiotics: Innovations and Future Directions (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Recent Developments in the Advanced Study of Microbiota and Microbial Biotechnology (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Harnessing Beneficial Microbes: From Biocontrol Mechanisms to Probiotic Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2026)
- Microbial-Sourced Nutritional Supplements for Human and Animal (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- The Application Potential of Microalgae in Green Biotechnology, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Microbial Metabolism Regulation in Engineered Production Strains (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
