Microbial Biocatalysis, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Following a successful first edition, we are pleased to announce the launch of the second edition of this Special Issue, entitled "Microbial Biocatalysis, 2nd Edition".

Biocatalysis is a sustainable alternative for the chemical industry in manufacturing, monitoring, and waste management. Biocatalytic processes are performed with isolated enzymes or whole cells as biocatalysts. Whole-cell biocatalysts offer some unique advantages of cascade reactions catalyzed by multienzymes as well as a single bioredox reaction with cofactor regeneration in a single strain. Therefore, whole-cell biocatalysts are widely applied for biosynthesis/biotransformation to produce value-added chemicals as well as to achieve the complete mineralization of organic pollutants.

Biological catalytic processing using whole-cell biocatalysts includes biocatalyst engineering, bio-reaction engineering, and downstream processing. In addition to the traditional screening of microbial strains and immobilized whole-cell biocatalysts, modern genetic engineering, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology make tailored whole-cell biocatalysts possible. At the same time, some integrated processes have been successfully applied in the catalytic processing using living whole-cell biocatalyst, such as harnessing biocompatible chemistry to interface with the microbial metabolism and using various separation techniques for in situ product removal.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect original research papers and reviews focusing on progress using living whole-cell biocatalysts in biosynthesis, biotransformation, and biodegradation.

Dr. Tao Pan
Dr. Zhilong Wang
Guest Editors

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