Advanced Microbial Biotechnologies for Food Nutrition and Human Well-Being
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics and Probiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 10457
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fermentation; gut microbiota; milk bioactives
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Interests: bacteriocin; probiotic; lactic acid bacteria; food safety; gut microbiota
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Interests: bioenergy and sustainability; biomolecular engineering; genetic engineering; metabolomics and metabolic engineering; synthetic biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Background:
Microbial biotechnology refers to any technological application that utilizes microbial systems, microorganisms, or their derivatives to manufacture or modify products or processes for specific purposes. This type of biotechnology is closely related to food nutrition and human well-being. There are a large number of microorganisms closely related to food and health in the human body. The balance of microorganisms in the human body is the key factor to maintain health. As a cell factory, microorganisms can synthesize bioactive compounds, such as enzymes and polysaccharides, that are tremendously beneficial to human health.
This research topic mainly focuses on microbial biotechnology to synthesize health promotion substances, health-promoting/disease prevention microbiota and their metabolites, and their mechanisms to promote human well-being. In addition, it will explore the product opportunities and challenges of microorganisms and microbial metabolites in the food industry from the perspective of nutrition, health, safety, and sustainability. Furthermore, the food safety assessment of microbial-biotechnology-derived food, the control and detection of harmful microorganisms, potential adverse consequences of modified microbes, and any microbial genomic tools to increase food safety are also part of this research topic.
All manuscripts should include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Advanced microbial biotechnologies for the preparation of bioactive compounds that are beneficial to human well-being.
Potential relationships between edible bacterial composition and metabolites, intestinal microecology, and metabolic disorders/diseases.
Studies of the health promotion properties of beneficial microorganisms and their metabolites, including probiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics.
Microbial biotechnology in the food industry from the perspective of nutrition, health, safety, and sustainability.
Dr. Lili Zhang
Prof. Dr. Huaxi Yi
Dr. Liang Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microorganism
- biotechnology
- nutrition
- bioactive
- disease prevention
- health promotion
- sustainability
- food safety