Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy Approaches for the Biotechnological Development of Marine-Derived Products
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 16092
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine natural products; structure elucidation; secondary metabolites; blue biotechnology; bioactive compounds from actinomycetes; drug discovery and biotechnological applications
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Interests: transcriptomics; real-time PCR; bioinformatics and computational biology; differential gene expression; microarray analysis; high throughput sequencing; expression analysis; pathway analysis; cancer genomics; biological databases
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Interests: optimization of fermentative processes; microbial production of biopolymers; biopolymers characterization; study of biopolymer properties in aqueous solutions; fine chemical biological production (e.g., aromatic compounds)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oceans are a vast reservoir of underexplored biodiversity, which is capable of producing natural products and other biomolecules that can be used for human health, well-being, multiple biotechnological applications, and alleviating societal concerns. Despite the increasing discovery research efforts, the marketed products fall short. This Special Issue entitled “Sustainable circular bioeconomy approaches for the biotechnological development of marine-derived products" aims at highlighting original research articles and comprehensive reviews concerning processes and technologies to either: 1) mitigate marine emerging pollutants issues, or 2) use industrial wastes and by-products in marine environments for the biotechnological and industrial production of bioactive secondary metabolites and high-value bioproducts, using sustainable and circular bioeconomy methodologies.
We invite you to submit an investigation that covers but is not limited to the following topics:
- Using waste as a target or a resource;
- Screening, culturing and characterization of microorganisms with pollutant degrading potential;
- Processes and technologies for the degradation of marine emerging pollutants using marine micro- and macroorganisms;
- Discovery, development and sustainable production of marine secondary metabolites, biopolymers and other bioproducts for high-value applications (e.g., pharmaceutical, cosmetic, cosmeceutical, nutraceutical, animal feed, biofuels, bioplastics, biostimulants, etc.);
- Genetics, bioinformatics, and/ or nano-biotechnologies to enhance the discovery and production of marine bioactive secondary metabolites, high-value biopolymers and other bioproducts;
- Culture, fermentation, extraction processes, engineering and production technologies for the sustainable industrial development of marine bioactive secondary metabolites, high-value biopolymers and other bioproducts;
- Microbial cell factories.
Dr. Susana P. Gaudencio
Dr. Ana Rotter
Dr. Cristiana A. V. Torres
Guest Editors
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