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Industrial Biotechnology Applications in Medicine, Agroindustry, Aquaculture, Biofuel, and Environmental Areas

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4204

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Facundo Joaquín Márquez Rocha

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Mexican Center for Cleaner Production, Tabasco Unit, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Parque Industrial, Tabasco Bussines Center 2000 Dos Bocas-La Isla, 17+920, Mexico City CP 86691, Tabasco, Mexico
Interests: production of bioactive compounds, from microalgae, algae and fungus; production of therapeutic enzymes from microalgae; production of enzyme-biocatalysts from fungus; bioremediation of soils and waters contaminated by pah and aliphatic hydrocarbons; phycoremediation of wastewater from aquaculture facilities; feed additives for fish aquaculture; molecular aquatic toxicology; revaloration of fish canned subproducts; biocatalyst for green chemistry application; sustainable biotechnology
Dr. Izabela Michalak

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Department of Advanced Material Technologies, Faculty of Chemis-try, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Smoluchowski-ego 25, 50-372 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: the technology of waste biomass management for products for agriculture; biosorp-tion/bioaccumulation of metal ions by biomass; production of feed addi-tives/components of fertilizers with microelements via biosorption; biosorption of toxic metal ions from wastewater; composting of biomass; extraction of biologically active compounds from algae; the technology of algal extracts and their potential applications in agriculture (plant growth biostimulants, dietary feed supplements); production of algal biochar via pyrolysis and its properties; germination tests; pot experiments; field trials
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Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Chojnacka

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Department of Advanced Materials Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
Interests: biosorption; bioaccumulation;microelements; chemistry and biotechnology for agriculture; innovative bio-based fertilizers; valorization of bio-based wastes, circular economy; algae and their extracts; sustainable development; recovery of nutrients
Prof. Dr. Jorge S. Olmos-Soto

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Department of Marine Biotechnology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, México
Interests: functional feeds with high levels of plant ingredients and probiotic bacteria to improve fish and shrimp digestion, pathogens control and water bioremediation; microalgae molecular characterization; microalgae growth conditions; microalgae pigments production; marine natural products; shrimp microbial pathogens; marine biotechnology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Biotechnology has application in five major industrial areas, medicine (biopharmaceuticals, gene therapy, pharmacogenomics), agriculture (genetic improvement crops, gene cloning, food processing, fermentation improvement, improvement of digestibility by enzyme activity, sustainable production and consumption), aquaculture (feed improvement, nutraceuticals, antioxidants, growth improvement, prebiotics, probiotics), biofuel (biodiesel, biohydrogen, biorefinery, bioeconomy), and the environment (bioremediation, phytoremediation, phycoremediation, risk assessment, biodegradable plastics, composting). It is well-known that biotechnology uses organisms or parts of them to benefit of humanity, reducing waste, controlling specific reactions, producing novel compounds for therapeutics, improving waste treatment, producing nutraceuticals, etc. All biotechnological applications consider at least one key point for sustainability.

This Special Issue welcomes high-quality papers in the huge field of industrial biotechnology applications, focused on the resilient value of biotechnology for sustainable development. The Special Issue will publish papers in the areas of biopharmaceutical production, gene therapy, genetic improvement of crops, biochemical food processing, aquaculture biotechnology, biofuel production and improvement, bioremediation, phytoremediation, phycoremediation, molecular toxicology, novel cell culture methodologies, and bioinformatics. We encourage submissions of papers highlighting novel application for sustainability.

Contributions include but are not limited to the following topics:

  1. Therapeutic recombinant protein production, bacteria, plant cell, microalgae
  2. Pharmaco-enzymes production by microorganisms
  3. Biopharmaceuticals production by microorganisms
  4. Genetic improvement of crops
  5. Food processing improvements, fermentation, protein hydrolysis
  6. Circular management of agriculture and aquaculture wastes
  7. Nutraceuticals, antioxidants, prebiotics, probiotics and antimicrobial proteins production and feed applications
  8. Biodiesel, biohydrogen, bioethanol production, processes and innovations
  9. Biorefinery development, multiple product production, minimal waste, subproducts revaluation
  10. Waste biomass management, composting
  11. Bioremediation, bacteria, plants, alga, and fungus treatments
  12. Biosorption/bioaccumulation of metals
  13. Fungus technologies for cleaner production
  14. Biocatalyst systems applications
  15. New biomaterials production and innovations
  16. Sustainable chemistry through biotechnology
  17. Green chemistry bioprocess, biological processes
  18. Marine natural products
  19. Aquaculture microbial pathogens
  20. Environmental marine biotechnology
  21. Feed additives and other dietary supplements for aquaculture and terrestrial animals
  22. Bioeconomics, important new field which encourage sustainable development

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Facundo Joaquín Márquez Rocha
Dr. Izabela Michalak
Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Chojnacka
Prof. Dr. Jorge S. Olmos-Soto
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • food and nutrition
  • aquaculture
  • agriculture
  • health
  • environmental biotechnology
  • bioprocesses
  • microorganisms
  • green chemistry
  • sustainable biotechnology
  • bioeconomy

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Optimization of A Procedure to Improve the Extraction Rate of Biologically Active Compounds in Red Grape Must Using High-Power Ultrasound
by Alina Maier, Vasile Padureanu, Mirabela Ioana Lupu, Cristina Maria Canja, Carmen Badarau, Cristina Padureanu, Ersilia Alexa and Mariana-Atena Poiana
Sustainability 2023, 15(8), 6697; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086697 - 15 Apr 2023
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The primary focus in the production of quality red wine is the extraction of grape components, which can be achieved in a variety of ways. This work investigates the extraction yield of biologically active compounds from crushed Merlot grapes, as a result of [...] Read more.
The primary focus in the production of quality red wine is the extraction of grape components, which can be achieved in a variety of ways. This work investigates the extraction yield of biologically active compounds from crushed Merlot grapes, as a result of ultrasound treatment applied before maceration, and optimizes the process parameters of a laboratory scale using response surface methodology (RSM) within a central composite design (CCD) model. The two factors whose response was studied were amplitude (A) % and treatment time (t), while the dependent variables were the total phenolic compounds (TPC), monomeric anthocyanins (MA), and antioxidant activity expressed as ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity. The results showed that the application of high-power ultrasound treatment to crushed grapes for a few minutes increased both the extraction rate of bioactive compounds and the antioxidant activity by a maximum of 12 times for the TPC, 14 times for the MA, 3.6 times for the FRAP value, and 18.77% for the DPPH. The optimized solution had an amplitude of 90% and a treatment time of 4 min and 24 s. The validation experiments yielded errors between—8.70% and 3.14%, confirming the proposed model. Thus, the RSM model is recommended as a tool to optimize a procedure for enhancing both the extraction rate of the bioactive compounds from grapes and the antioxidant properties of grape must. Our results demonstrate the ultimate benefits of using ultrasonic treatment on crushed grapes at the beginning of the winemaking process, as a highly effective technique for improving the extraction of high-value bioactive chemicals, with significant application potential. Full article
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Evaluation of the Level of Parasites Infection in Pigs as an Element of Sustainable Pig Production
by Anna Jankowska-Mąkosa, Damian Knecht, Sandra Wyrembak and Anna Zwyrzykowska-Wodzińska
Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3671; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043671 - 16 Feb 2023
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Pig production is based on routine deworming and very rarely includes endoparasitological diagnosis. Monitoring pig production through a consideration of endoparasites in the herd should be part of the pig health program, which will directly translate into the amount of production costs and [...] Read more.
Pig production is based on routine deworming and very rarely includes endoparasitological diagnosis. Monitoring pig production through a consideration of endoparasites in the herd should be part of the pig health program, which will directly translate into the amount of production costs and improve the condition of animals. The aim of this study was the diagnosis of endoparasitic infection in sows and piglets as an element of sustainable pig production. Parasitological examination was performed using coproscopic methods. The experimental material were faeces collected from the same sows from gestation to lactation and their piglets. The total number of coproscopic samples was 840. In the collected material Oesophagostomum spp., Ascaris suum and Eimeria spp. in sows were diagnosed, while in piglets, Eimeria spp. and Oesophagostomum spp were diagnosed. A relationship between the intensity of coccidian infections of lactating sows and the intensity of the infection of piglets was also demonstrated (rs = 0.57; p = 0.035). Sows are the primary source of infections in piglets. The assessment of infection intensity using diagnostic methods in sows should be the basis of an endoparasite control, because deworming without a prior diagnostic gives a short term effect and excludes the principles of the sustainable development of pig production. Full article
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