Microbial Steroid Production Technologies: Current Trends and Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

Microbial steroid biotechnology is a dynamically growing field that greatly contributes to sustainable development. Biotechnologies are gradually replacing complex multi-stage, environmentally unsafe chemical syntheses in the production of various steroids. On the other hand, the discovery and exploitation of the new microorganisms opens prospects for the production of new steroids and other isoprenoid molecules of potent biological activity. Microbial and protein engineering and recombinant methodologies allow the creation of new microbial catalysts that are capable of effectively and selectively producing value-added steroids from renewable raw materials.

This Special Issue aims to collect original research and review articles that highlight the state of the art in steroid biotechnology. We invite the submission of manuscripts describing different aspects of steroid–microbe interactions and their applications. Research on the discovery or creation of novel microbial catalysts, up-stream and down-stream process development, as well as the protein and metabolic engineering of steroid-transforming microorganisms are welcome. Special attention will be paid to research on the microbial degradation of endocrine-disrupting steroids and the detoxification of steroid pollutants in wastewater treatment. Works on new chemoenzymatic syntheses of valuable steroids are also of interest.

Dr. Victoria V. Fokina
Dr. Marina Donova
Guest Editors

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• steroid
• degradation
• microbial technology
• bioengineering
• actinobacteria
• fungi