Emerging Biomolecular Technologies in Marine Science
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2016) | Viewed by 20701
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biocatalysis; marine enzymes; marine glycosidases; marine biotechnology; oligosaccharides
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Dear Colleagues,
Biotechnological advancements in Marine Science have already resulted in successes in at least five application domains, including the food and cosmetics industries, agriculture, chemistry, and pharmacology. Most of this growth stemmed from basic research on ecological issues related to the chemical defense of prey, or on the selection of microbial communities in contaminated areas after petroleum pollution or from many other examples, including biomolecular studies of micro- and macroalgae and other marine organisms. Compounds derived from algae, invertebrates, vertebrates, and microorganisms from the sea, offer the potential to provide valuable nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients, potentially meeting the requirements for bioactive substances by future consumers. Enabling biomolecular technologies in Marine Science will increase the sustainability of renewable energy resources.
This Special Issue will collect articles of original studies regarding blue biotechnology from a biomolecular perspective. It is, in fact, the high (bio)chemical diversity found in marine (bio)molecules that has the ability to further drive developments and market growth for the future. Natural biodiversity of marine bacteria and fungi, for example, can serve as new sources for marine natural products using new technologies in analytical spectroscopy and can give a boost to the excitement and anticipation of new marine drug discoveries. Marine -omics, from metagenomic technologies, which currently offer new and promising strategies for marine biodiscovery, to metabolomics for bio-function exploration, will also be developed in the future, enabling new approaches for the study of chemically mediated interactions. The identification of an arsenal of enzymes and pathways is also greatly in demand for biotechnological applications, including production of biofuel and treatment of waste of marine origin. Monitoring metabolites through Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, fluxomics and MS-imaging will be of great help in the localization and quantification in cells and tissues. Recent years have clearly shown that genome studies and new molecular techniques are useful tools to study marine life, such as symbiosis and its molecular aspects, biodiversity and defense mechanisms, and other important marine bioprocesses.
Gathering the wealth of already-existing knowledge with an interdisciplinary approach in review articles and selection of papers from worldwide conferences are also welcomed in this Special Issue.
While a great deal of progress has been made to advance the field, many challenges remain for the deep comprehension of the “marine biotechnology landscape”. This Special Issue aims to provide a compilation of current state-of-the-art and future perspectives in a multidisciplinary approach in the following areas:
- Biomolecular technology
- Marine enzymes
- Marine biomolecules
- Marine bioprocesses
- Blue biotechnology
Dr. Antonio Trincone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Marine enzymes
- Marine drugs
- Marine biomolecules
- Marine bioprocesses
- Marine bioprocessing waste
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