Biotechnology and Biomass Valorization
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food analysis; food processing; cellulase; lipase esterification and trans esterification; amylase; enzymatic kinetics; ultrasound-assisted enzymatic reaction; enzyme extraction; biotransformation; saccharification; response surface methodology; artificial neural network; wine fermentation
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Interests: fermentation technology; protein engineering; immunoassay; membrane technology; molecular engineering
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Interests: bioprocess engineering; lignocellulosic biomass valorization; pretreatment; fermentation; enzyme technology; cellulases; xylanases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With growing global attention on sustainable development, environmental protection, and resource recycling, the effective development and transformation of biomass resources through innovative biotechnological applications has become a critical area of research and industrial interest. This Special Issue aims to collect the latest research results related to "Biotechnology and high value of biomass resources", covering a variety of biomass raw materials from agricultural waste, food by-products, marine resources to industrial by-products, etc., through biological, enzyme or microbial pathways to transform into high value-added products such as biofuels, bioplastics, biochemical materials, functional ingredients, and other bio-based materials. This Special Issue welcomes original research papers, review articles and application case studies. The topics may include but are not limited to the following scope:
- Conversion of biomass resources into bio-based products via microorganisms or enzymes;
- Application of fermentation technology in the development of high-value products;
- Innovative applications of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in biomass utilization;
- Biofuel and biogas production technology from renewable biomass raw materials;
- Design, integration and optimization of biorefining systems;
- Application of bioresources in bioproducts and energy;
- High-value utilization of food waste, agricultural by-products and marine biological resources;
- Extraction and purification technology of bioactive ingredients;
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) and technical and economic analysis of biomass conversion processes;
- Policies, strategies and industrial cases for the development of a sustainable circular bioeconomy.
This Special Issue encourages cross-disciplinary research integrating biotechnology, environmental science, chemical engineering and industrial applications to jointly promote the development of a circular and sustainable bioeconomy.
Prof. Dr. Chia-Hung Kuo
Prof. Dr. Yung-Chuan Liu
Guest Editors
Dr. Parushi Nargotra
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- biomass
- conversion
- utilization
- enzyme
- biological
- microorganism
- fermentation
- high value-added product
- biofuel
- biogas
- bioplastic
- biochemical material
- functional ingredient
- bio-based material
- metabolic engineering
- synthetic biology
- biorefining
- bioresource
- food waste
- agricultural by-product
- marine biological resource
- extraction
- purification
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
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