Enzymes from Marine By-Products and Wastes
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 117
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fisheries and aquaculture waste-stream valorization; sustainable bioprocessing; bioactive and functional bioproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The fisheries and aquaculture industries represent two of the major economic sectors in the world. However, these industries generate significant amounts of processing by-products and wastes that are biologically unstable, costly to dispose of, and pose major health and environmental issues. An increasing number of investigations suggest that this biomass represents a highly valuable, renewable, and largely untapped source of industrially relevant enzymes. Therefore, the extraction and/or production of enzymes using fisheries and aquaculture processing by-products and wastes represent an attractive valorization approach.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments in enzymes obtained from fisheries and aquaculture processing by-products and wastes. This could include the following:
- Methods for the extraction of enzymes from fisheries and aquaculture processing by-products and wastes, the characterization of these enzymes, and their established and potential industrial applications.
- The utilization of fisheries and aquaculture processing by-products and wastes as substrates for enzyme production using microorganisms (including bacteria, fungi, and yeasts).
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Enzymes of interest may include, but are not limited to, proteases (pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, collagenase, elastase, etc.), lipases, carbohydrases (chitinases, amylases, etc.), and transglutaminases.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zied Khiari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enzymes
- proteases
- lipases
- carbohydrases
- chitinases
- transglutaminases
- fisheries and aquaculture
- by-products and wastes
- microbial fermentation
