Sustainable Biotechnology Approaches: Bioprospecting Nature for a Thriving Bioeconomy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioeconomy of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2025) | Viewed by 4322
Special Issue Editors
Interests: yeast biochemistry; biodiversity; bioprospection; and biotechnology; fermentation; bioprocesses; biorefineries
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With this Special Issue, we aim to address the most significant studies on bioprospecting and sustainable bioprocesses. We are convinced that the so-long-expected green revolution relies on the biotechnological potential of biodiversity. For bioeconomy to become a reality, it is imperative to preserve natural environments and to go deep into the ecology, biochemistry, and physiology of microbes, plants, and animals in their own ecosystems. Accordingly, studies on new or little-known species are of particular importance. Furthermore, it is worth noting that biorefineries emerge in this scenario as prodigious solutions for the transformation of wastes into value-added products, employing nature-isolated microorganisms and allowing circular economy to benefit from biodiversity.
We welcome submissions of original research and review papers that fit into, but are not restricted to, the following topics:
- Microbial biodiversity;
- Biotechnological potential of indigenous microorganisms;
- Plants, natural products, and bioactive compounds;
- Searching for new molecules in wild animals;
- Employing wild microorganisms and wastes with a circular economy perspective;
- Biorefinery processes carried out with nature-isolated microorganisms.
We invite researchers from distinct fields to contribute a manuscript to this Special Issue, hoping to delivery a robust set of articles that increase the knowledge on sustainable approaches.
Prof. Dr. Sérgio Luiz Alves
Prof. Dr. Helen Treichel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- biodiversity
- bioeconomy
- bioprospection
- biorefinery
- biotechnology
- indigenous microorganisms
- natural environment
- natural products
- sustainability
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