Biomass Deconstruction
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 22879
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microbial genomics; microbiome; plant biomass deconstruction; glycoside hydrolase; nutrient cycling; bioinformatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomass Deconstruction by microbes, across environments, is essential to support ecosystem functioning. In the gut, in the soil, in aquatic ecosystems, and in extreme environments, microbes produce enzymatic systems for efficient biomass deconstruction. The precise understanding of how microbes deconstruct biomass is a prerequisite (i) to elucidate the functioning of the dynamic and changing Earth ecosystems and (ii) to develop new sustainable biotechnologies.
Understanding biomass deconstruction by microbes is a complex task and requires combined effort from many fields, including structural biology, enzymology, (meta)genomics, and microbial ecology, among others. In this context, I believe it is the right to publish a Special Issue on Biomass Deconstruction to include cutting-edge research papers and review manuscripts in this scientifically exciting and challenging field.
Prof. Dr. Renaud Berlemont
Guest Editor
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