Industrial Biotechnology: An Emerging Area

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue we are inviting science and technology communities to submit original articles, reviews, commentaries, and communications on hot areas and the latest progress in industrial biotechnology. Briefly, industrial biotechnology (IB) refers to the use of live microbial cell factories or enzymes to make products at a commercial scale. Important goals of IB include the replacement of conventional fossil-fuel-based routes with bioprocesses and the creation of bioproducts like biofuels, nutraceuticals, bioactives, chemicals, and materials. Cell factories or enzymes can be used to convert feedstock or raw materials to products through cleaner processes that display attributes such as energy savings, lower greenhouse gas emission, and can replace multistep chemical processes with one step fermentation. Due to robust sustainability and reduced carbon footprint, IB has the potential to impact industrial scale production globally in the coming years, especially considering recent and current scientific advances in biochemistry, genomics, molecular biology, and fermentation. These advancements have created opportunities for new innovation, improvement of productivity, and the development of cost effective solutions which will impact our day-to-day life.

Prof. Dr. Marc Beauregard
Dr. Sangita Singh
Guest Editor

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