Industrial Biotechnology Applications in Medicine, Agroindustry, Aquaculture, Biofuel, and Environmental Areas

Dear Colleagues,

Biotechnology has application in five major industrial areas, medicine (biopharmaceuticals, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics), agriculture (genetic improvement crops, gene cloning, food processing, fermentation improvement, improvement of digestibility by enzyme activity, sustainable production and consumption), aquaculture (feed improvement, nutraceuticals, antioxidants, growth improvement, prebiotics, probiotics), biofuel (biodiesel, biohydrogen, biorefinery, bioeconomy), and the environment (bioremediation, phytoremediation, phycoremediation, risk assessment, biodegradable plastics, composting). It is well-known that biotechnology uses organisms or parts of them to benefit of humanity, reducing waste, controlling specific reactions, producing novel compounds for therapeutics, improving waste treatment, producing nutraceuticals, etc. All biotechnological applications consider at least one key point for sustainability.

This Special Issue welcomes high-quality papers in the huge field of industrial biotechnology applications, focused on the resilient value of biotechnology for sustainable development. The Special Issue will publish papers in the areas of biopharmaceutical production, gene therapy, genetic improvement of crops, biochemical food processing, aquaculture biotechnology, biofuel production and improvement, bioremediation, phytoremediation, phycoremediation, molecular toxicology, novel cell culture methodologies, and bioinformatics. We encourage submissions of papers highlighting novel application for sustainability.

Contributions include but are not limited to the following topics:

1. Therapeutic recombinant protein production, bacteria, plant cell, microalgae
2. Pharmaco-enzymes production by microorganisms
3. Biopharmaceuticals production by microorganisms
4. Genetic improvement of crops
5. Food processing improvements, fermentation, protein hydrolysis
6. Circular management of agriculture and aquaculture wastes
7. Nutraceuticals, antioxidants, prebiotics, probiotics and antimicrobial proteins production and feed applications
8. Biodiesel, biohydrogen, bioethanol production, processes and innovations
9. Biorefinery development, multiple product production, minimal waste, subproducts revaluation
10. Waste biomass management, composting
11. Bioremediation, bacteria, plants, alga, and fungus treatments
12. Biosorption/bioaccumulation of metals
13. Fungus technologies for cleaner production
14. Biocatalyst systems applications
15. New biomaterials production and innovations
16. Sustainable chemistry through biotechnology
17. Green chemistry bioprocess, biological processes
18. Marine natural products
19. Aquaculture microbial pathogens
20. Environmental marine biotechnology
21. Feed additives and other dietary supplements for aquaculture and terrestrial animals
22. Bioeconomics, important new field which encourage sustainable development

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Facundo Joaquín Márquez Rocha
Dr. Izabela Michalak
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Chojnacka
Prof. Dr. Jorge S. Olmos-Soto
Guest Editors

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