Diet-Driven Gut Microbiota Modulation: Microbial Metabolism, Nutrient Utilization, and Implications for Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2027 | Viewed by 94
Editors
Interests: microbial biotechnology; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; probiotic engineering; directed evolution; CRISPR-Cas systems; gut microbiome; human health; sustainable biomanufacturing; environmental biotechnology; bacterial membrane vesicle
Interests: synthetic biology; sustainable development; functional probiotics; biomanufacturing; genetic tools exploring; bio-nanoparticles; bio-upcycling of mixed waste; dynamic regulation of bioprocess; biodegradation and bioremediation
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Dear Colleagues,
Dietary components and food-derived substrates are major determinants of gut microbiota composition and function, shaping microbial metabolism and influencing nutritional, immune, and overall health outcomes. This Special Issue, “Diet-Driven Gut Microbiota Modulation: Microbial Metabolism, Nutrient Utilization, and Implications for Health” within the section Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics, aims to highlight recent advances in understanding how diet, functional food ingredients, prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics modulate host–microbe interactions. Contributions may explore the interactions among diet, food-derived nutrients, probiotic function, and microbial metabolism, including approaches that link nutritional substrates with beneficial microbial activities. Studies on gut microbial ecology, metabolite production, nutrient utilization, metabolic health, inflammation, and disease prevention are particularly encouraged. By integrating microbiology, nutrition, synthetic biology, metabolomics, and translational applications, this Special Issue seeks to advance evidence-based strategies for improving gut health and nutritional outcomes.
Dr. Jinjin Chen
Dr. Yilan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut microbiota
- diet
- nutrition
- probiotics
- prebiotics
- postbiotics
- synbiotics
- functional foods
- food-derived nutrients
- microbial metabolism
- probiotic function
- microbial metabolites
- nutrient utilization
- gut health
- nutritional outcomes
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