About this Research Topic
Microorganisms are billions on earth and populate the most extreme environments. This is due to their incredible capacities of adaptation and biotransformation, based on a genetic potential of a still unknown wealth and biosynthetic pathways of great diversity. Simultaneously, agricultural waste or industrial residues are generated in large quantities all over the world and contribute to the global pollution of our environment. A societal evolution towards a sustainable circular bio-economy is underway. It implies the recycling and the valorization of these wastes.
This research topic aims at gathering research works dealing with the potential use of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, microalgae, and viruses, for bio-transformations in relation to agricultural wastes, co-products of the food industry, or industrial residues. The objective is to turn them into high-added value compounds useful for our nutrition or our environment.
We welcome studies (reviews, original research, metanalyses) on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Characterization or improvement of microorganisms in relation to waste or byproducts transformations
- Characterization or improvement of microbial processes related to bio-transformations of agro-waste substrates or industrial byproducts
- Biotransformation of unusual substrates (complex carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, plastic polymers, etc. in connection with industrial residues)
- Characterization of novel microbial enzymatic complexes
- Studies on unknown biosynthetic pathways or original metabolic transformations
- Biotechnological innovations implying microorganisms
This research topic aims at gathering research works dealing with the potential use of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, microalgae, and viruses, for bio-transformations in relation to agricultural wastes, co-products of the food industry, or industrial residues. The objective is to turn them into high-added value compounds useful for our nutrition or our environment.
We welcome studies (reviews, original research, metanalyses) on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Characterization or improvement of microorganisms in relation to waste or byproducts transformations
- Characterization or improvement of microbial processes related to bio-transformations of agro-waste substrates or industrial byproducts
- Biotransformation of unusual substrates (complex carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, plastic polymers, etc. in connection with industrial residues)
- Characterization of novel microbial enzymatic complexes
- Studies on unknown biosynthetic pathways or original metabolic transformations
- Biotechnological innovations implying microorganisms
Keywords: Bacteria, Microalgae, Fungi, Fermentation, Biotransformation, Agroindustrial waste, Industrial residues, Valorization, Recycling
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