Microorganism Metabolism and Biotechnology Applications

Dear Colleague,

Metabolic engineering has significantly advanced the development of biotechnology and the bio-industry since its emergence in the early 1990s. In recent years, with the rapid development of cutting-edge fields such as synthetic biology, genome editing, deep machine learning, and automation technology, the field of metabolic engineering has been pushed to unprecedented heights. Metabolic engineering utilizes recombinant DNA technology, gene and genome editing, and other techniques to modify and reconstruct the metabolism, gene regulation, and signal networks of microorganisms, yeast, or plants. It can optimize existing biochemical reactions and metabolic pathways, introduce exogenous metabolic pathways, and even create metabolic pathways that do not exist in nature to achieve and enhance the biological synthesis and manufacturing capabilities of amino acids, organic acids, chemical alcohols, antibiotics, vitamins, chemical raw materials, and other biotechnology products.

This Special Issue focuses on microbial metabolism and its applications in various fields. Microbial metabolism plays a crucial role in the production of various metabolites, including amino acids, organic acids, enzymes, antibiotics, and biofuels. The scope of this Special Issue includes the optimization of microbial metabolism and its regulation to enhance the production of target metabolites, the development of metabolic engineering tools and techniques, the use of systems biology approaches to understand and manipulate microbial metabolism, and the application of synthetic biology to design and construct novel metabolic pathways.

Prof. Dr. Qian Yang
Guest Editor

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• microbial
• metabolism
• metabolic engineering
• synthetic biology
• fermentation engineering
• biotechnology