Microalgae Fermentation and High Value-Added Products

Dear Colleagues,

Microalgae can accumulate or newly synthesize high-value-added chemicals which can be potentially employed in medicine, domestic chemicals, the food industry, etc. Some photoautotrophic or non-photoautotrophic fermentation regimes are crucial in boosting the productivity and quality of microalgal bioactive products involving biomasses, macromolecules, and small molecules. Particularly, the fermentability of algae species, the optimization and regulation of fermentation process, and the development of new bio-fermentation technology are beneficial to better achieve more microalgae-based high-value products for subsequent large-scale applications. Additionally, understanding the accumulation mechanisms of high-value-added products will provide exemplification in order to further induce the expansion of microalgal fermentation products. This Special Issue aims to gather recent studies in the topic of fermentation processes and high-value-added metabolites from microalgae for the development of microalgal biomass and microalgae-based bioactive products. More specifically, this Issue aims to gather studies focused on the following topics:

• Applications of new bio-fermentation technologies in microalgae;
• Process regulation of fermentation using isolated or modified (genetic engineering, mutation breeding, adaptive evolution, etc.) microalga strain;
• Fermentation optimization involves using media or wastes (wastewater or waste gas) to produce microalgal bioactive products such as functional lipids, enzymes, pigments, polysaccharides, proteins, peptides, and other small molecules;
• The accumulation mechanisms and applications (such as nutritional, medicinal, cosmetical, forage, bait effects, etc.) of fermentative microalgae-based high-value products.

Prof. Dr. Yuqin Li
Guest Editor

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• microalgae
• bio-fermentation technology
• fermentation process regulation
• accumulation mechanisms of fermentative products
• bioactive applications of fermentative products