Microbial engineering and biohybrid technologies can contribute to the goal of waste biorefinery, achieving resource recovery from the treatment of wastewater, waste gases, and organic waste. For example, photobioreactors can be designed for microbial protein production from wastewater treatment. Anaerobic digestion bioprocesses can be functionalized with different modules and amended with conductive materials for upgrading nutrients and biogas. Also, biohybrid systems can increase the production rate and selectivity for chemicals synthesis from the bioconversion of carbon dioxide, syngas, and biogas. Interspecies electron transfer is expected to improve interspecies communication for carbon valorisation, while advanced microbe-electrode interfaces can improve bioconversion by accelerating extracellular electron transfer. In addition, biofuels and biochemistry can be facilitated by integrating electrochemistry into fermentation reactors for organic waste biorefining.
This research topic aims to advance microbial engineering and biohybrid technologies for waste biorefinery. In addition, these publications will establish a better understanding of these emerging microbial technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Microbial biohybrid system for solar-to-chemical conversion by coupling hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts, nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) catalysts, and/or CO2 reduction catalysts with novel/engineered microbes as the biological catalyst.
• Anaerobic digestion with new approaches for biogas upgrading or new routes for generating higher-value-added chemicals, including microbial protein, medium-chain fatty acids, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).
• Interspecific communication, artificially regulated by inserting electrodes for organic waste biorefinery.
• Microbial electrosynthesis for biofuels and biochemicals production, with metabolic engineering and bioprocess optimization.
• Emerging approaches for resource recovery and wastewater treatment, focused on electron-driven carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
• The application of omics technologies to understand the microbial community and metabolism during waste biorefinery, focused on bioenergy conversion.
Microbial engineering and biohybrid technologies can contribute to the goal of waste biorefinery, achieving resource recovery from the treatment of wastewater, waste gases, and organic waste. For example, photobioreactors can be designed for microbial protein production from wastewater treatment. Anaerobic digestion bioprocesses can be functionalized with different modules and amended with conductive materials for upgrading nutrients and biogas. Also, biohybrid systems can increase the production rate and selectivity for chemicals synthesis from the bioconversion of carbon dioxide, syngas, and biogas. Interspecies electron transfer is expected to improve interspecies communication for carbon valorisation, while advanced microbe-electrode interfaces can improve bioconversion by accelerating extracellular electron transfer. In addition, biofuels and biochemistry can be facilitated by integrating electrochemistry into fermentation reactors for organic waste biorefining.
This research topic aims to advance microbial engineering and biohybrid technologies for waste biorefinery. In addition, these publications will establish a better understanding of these emerging microbial technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Microbial biohybrid system for solar-to-chemical conversion by coupling hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts, nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) catalysts, and/or CO2 reduction catalysts with novel/engineered microbes as the biological catalyst.
• Anaerobic digestion with new approaches for biogas upgrading or new routes for generating higher-value-added chemicals, including microbial protein, medium-chain fatty acids, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).
• Interspecific communication, artificially regulated by inserting electrodes for organic waste biorefinery.
• Microbial electrosynthesis for biofuels and biochemicals production, with metabolic engineering and bioprocess optimization.
• Emerging approaches for resource recovery and wastewater treatment, focused on electron-driven carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
• The application of omics technologies to understand the microbial community and metabolism during waste biorefinery, focused on bioenergy conversion.
