Recent Advances in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 55
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Interests: wastewater treatment processes; antibiotic degradation; antibiotic resistance; multi-drug-resistance genes
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Interests: microbiology; taxonomy; genomics; radiation resistance: bacteria; yeast; RNASeq; metagenome
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The gut microbiome is increasingly being recognized as a key regulator of metabolic health and immune function. With mounting evidence linking gut microbial composition to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and inflammation-related disorders, the development of microbiome-targeted therapeutic strategies has become a focal point in biotechnology and applied microbiology.
Probiotics—live microorganisms with health-promoting effects—have long been explored as modulators of gut health. However, limitations such as their viability, stability, and colonization efficiency under various physiological conditions have led to growing interest in postbiotics. Postbiotics, including non-viable probiotics (whole-cell postbiotics), microbial cell components, and bioactive fermentation metabolites, represent a promising next-generation alternative. These agents function independently of bacterial viability and offer enhanced safety, stability, and regulatory compliance, while still delivering immunomodulatory and metabolic benefits.
This Special Issue, entitled “Recent Advances in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology”, aims to showcase the latest original research and comprehensive reviews in the field. We invite contributions focused on novel microbial products, the functional characterization of postbiotics, host–microbe interactions, and microbiome engineering for therapeutic purposes.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Isolation, characterization, and mechanisms of probiotics/postbiotics (e.g., heat-killed probiotics, microbial metabolites, and cell wall components).
- Biotechnological production and formulation of microbiome-based therapeutics.
- Comparative studies of probiotics vs. postbiotics in disease models.
- Immune modulation and gut barrier function enhancement by microbial components.
- Diet–microbiome interactions and metabolic health.
- Advances in microbiome analysis and metagenomics.
- Synthetic biology approaches in microbiome engineering.
- Microbiome-driven personalized nutrition and therapy.
- Clinical translation and safety assessment of microbiome-based interventions.
All original research articles, review articles, and short communications that address recent advances in biotechnology and microbiome applications are welcome.
Dr. Ranjith Kumar Manoharan
Dr. Sathiyaraj Srinivasan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- probiotics
- postbiotics
- biofilms
- antimicrobial resistance
- multidrug-resistant bacteria
- genomics
- microbiome
- functional foods
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