Microbial Cell Factories for Sustainable Biomass Protein Production
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal science and biotechnology; feed protein biosynthesis; agricultural synthetic biology; engineering microbiology; genome editing; metabolic engineering; microbial breeding; fermentation
Interests: probiotics; intestinal microbiome; intestinal barrier; intestinal innate immunity; probiotics-encapsulation technology; biotransformation of grain by-products
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Dear Colleagues,
The continuous increase in the global population and the strong demand for protein intake have contributed to the rapid development of animal feed protein and the bio-based food protein market, resulting in an urgent demand for innovative, unconventional, and alternative proteinaceous feed sources.
Synthetic biology and bio-manufacturing represent a rapidly developing, emerging, and revolutionary technological field that spans multiple disciplines. These fields focus on creating novel life systems with specific functions through developing technologies such as gene synthesis, genome editing, microbial engineering design, bioreactors, and high-throughput biological technologies. Due to the growing challenges in seeking high-quality animal feed and ensuring food security, synthetic biology has brought new opportunities for modern agriculture.
Therefore, in response to the major bottleneck of the global protein resource shortage, developing a feed microbial cell factory based on synthetic biology to convert renewable carbon sources into high-value protein feed is an attractive approach for promoting the production of livestock, improving the quality of food and feed, reducing the use of antibiotics, lowering production costs, and achieving sustainable development in the breeding industry.
In this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of original research and review articles focusing on the following topics: using gene editing and metabolic engineering to modify microorganisms, utilizing fermentation engineering to efficiently synthesize target biomass proteins; using bioinformatics or high-throughput screening techniques to explore efficient degradation of lignocellulose; improving the efficient utilization of mixed sugars and non-protein nitrogentrans formation ability of yeast and other fungi, and research on mutagenesis breeding and whole-genome customization.
This Special Issue presents the latest advances in research following the development of synthetic biology in the field of animal science and biotechnology.
Dr. Haitao Yu
Prof. Dr. Weiwei Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- feed protein
- animal science and biotechnology
- agricultural synthetic biology
- synthetic microbiomes
- microbial cell factories
- solid-state fermentation
- industrial and agricultural waste
- microbial genetics and breeding
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