About this Research Topic
Microalgae are a group of photosynthetic microorganisms, which can utilize atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) as the carbon source. They are emerging as promising platforms for the production of food, feed supplements, and high value-added products (e.g., β-carotene, astaxanthin, DHA and EPA). Moreover, microalgae hold great promise for the production of bioenergy (e.g., oils), and the removal of pollutants along with the production of value-added products due to their capability to remediate waste resources and pollutants.
However, the valuable biocomponents of these organisms are naturally low, and the production of biofuels and other value-added products is currently not economically viable. Moreover, the microalgae species that are able to remediate waste resources and pollutants are still limited. Therefore, rational genetic engineering microalgae to obtain robust microalgal strains are in urgent demand to meet the increasing demand for microalgal based commercial applications. The state-of-the-art molecular genetic tools and emerging synthetic biology strategies for microalgae have great potential of potentiating microalgae as the cell factories for concurrent overproduction of valuable biomolecules, remediation of emerging pollutants and realization of carbon neutralization.
Therefore, this Research Topic has been organized to collect recent achievements or solutions on metabolic engineering of microalgae to enhance the production of biofuels and other value-add products in microalgae through CO2 fixation and/or using the carbon from waste resources and pollutants. The editors of this Research Topic are welcoming original Research and Review articles on the following themes, but not limited to:
1) Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for robust microalgal strain construction
2) Deciphering of regulatory mechanisms for efficient metabolite production in microalgae
3) Pathway optimization for overaccumulation of useful metabolites in microalgae
4) Disruptive technologies to enable commercial production of metabolites from Microalgae
5) Bioprocess Engineering for concurrent overproduction of valuable biomolecules, remediation of emerging pollutants in microalgae
However, the valuable biocomponents of these organisms are naturally low, and the production of biofuels and other value-added products is currently not economically viable. Moreover, the microalgae species that are able to remediate waste resources and pollutants are still limited. Therefore, rational genetic engineering microalgae to obtain robust microalgal strains are in urgent demand to meet the increasing demand for microalgal based commercial applications. The state-of-the-art molecular genetic tools and emerging synthetic biology strategies for microalgae have great potential of potentiating microalgae as the cell factories for concurrent overproduction of valuable biomolecules, remediation of emerging pollutants and realization of carbon neutralization.
Therefore, this Research Topic has been organized to collect recent achievements or solutions on metabolic engineering of microalgae to enhance the production of biofuels and other value-add products in microalgae through CO2 fixation and/or using the carbon from waste resources and pollutants. The editors of this Research Topic are welcoming original Research and Review articles on the following themes, but not limited to:
1) Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for robust microalgal strain construction
2) Deciphering of regulatory mechanisms for efficient metabolite production in microalgae
3) Pathway optimization for overaccumulation of useful metabolites in microalgae
4) Disruptive technologies to enable commercial production of metabolites from Microalgae
5) Bioprocess Engineering for concurrent overproduction of valuable biomolecules, remediation of emerging pollutants in microalgae
Keywords: Metabolic engineering, Metabolites, Bioresources, Bioenergies, Microalgae
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