Industrial Microbiology

We exploit microbes and microbial traits for industrial purposes. Over time, the existing technologies to do so have been improved and new techniques have emerged. In this Virtual Issue of FEMS Microbiology Letters you find an overview of the recent advances, including the use of novel techniques and faced challenges in metabolic engineering and strain development, as well as in cultivation and bioreactor design.

Industrial Microbiology

Scale-up of industrial microbial processes Jason S Crater, Jefferson C Lievense

Autotrophic biorefinery: dawn of the gaseous carbon feedstock Sai Kishore Butti, S. Venkata Mohan

Biofilm-based photobioreactors: Their design and improving productivity through efficient supply of dissolved inorganic carbon Tong Li, Marc Strous, Michael Melkonian

Laboratory scale photobiotechnology – Current trends and future perspectives Holger Morschett, Varun Loomba, Gregor Huber, Wolfgang Wiechert, Eric von Lieres, Marco Oldiges

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of isoprenoids  Valerie C A Ward, Alkiviadis O Chatzivasileiou, Gregory Stephanopoulos

Alternative strategies for lignocellulose fermentation through lactic acid bacteria: state-of-the-art and perspectives Loredana Tarraran, Roberto Mazzoli

The importance of fermentative conditions for the biotechnological production of lignin modifying enzymes from white-rot fungi Francesca Martani, Fabrizio Beltrametti, Danilo Porro, Paola Branduardi, Marina Lotti

Novel sequencing technologies to support industrial biotechnology Adalberto Costessi, Bartholomeus van den Bogert, Ali May, Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat, Johannes A Roubos, Marc A B Kolkman, Derek Butler, Walter Pirovano

Large inserts for big data: artificial chromosomes in the genomic era Arianna Tocchetti, Stefano Donadio, Margherita Sosio

Advances in cyanobacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates production Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Nirupama Mallick