Production and Modification of Functional Compounds by Microbial Cell Factories
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 19537
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Interests: food biotechnology; food safety; functional food manufacturing; functional compound processing by microbial cell factories; edible fungal cell engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Functional compounds derived from plants or animals are becoming more prevalent in human health and social development. These high-value metabolites are traditionally extracted from natural resources, but ongoing research is exploring the possibilities for constructing efficient microbial cell factories that can replace traditional production methods. Recent advances in metabolic engineering and systems biology have made it possible to produce a variety of value-added functional compounds in food, medical, and other industries. Efficacy and safety issues as well as industrial production costs require more attention through the development of novel strategies and more efficient cell factory design using multi-omics, synthetic biology techniques, and microbial consortia construction.
Participants in the symposium as well as all researchers working in the field are cordially invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Molecules, which aims to present reports on the design, construction, and optimization of novel microbial cell factories for producing functional compounds, or studies about the design and modification of microbial enzymes for catalyzing functional compound production.
Prof. Dr. Qihe Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional compounds
- microbial cell factory
- molecular engineering
- synthetic biology
- metabolic engineering
- biocatalyst design
- microbial consortia construction
- microbial enzyme catalysis
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