Genomic Research and Applications of Insect Gut Microbes
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1997
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plastic biodegradation; insect molecular biology; metagenomics; plastic enzymatic degradation; microbiota function
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms are abundant in the gut of insects and perform important functions in their nutrition, metabolism, detoxification, protection against parasites, and in other areas. Furthermore, the microbiota of the gut may play a role in the degradation of natural and synthetic polymers (such as plastic). The microbes of the insects' gut therefore represent a promising resource for the development of tgw microbial-based management of products and a source of genes and proteins of biotechnological interest. This Special Issue aims to provide the scientific community with studies regarding the application of insect gut microbes. As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I encourage the scientific community to submit contributions (original research articles, review articles, and short communications) in the following (but not exclusive) areas:
- Identification of the gut microbiota of insects that degrade polymers;
- Isolation and characterization of microbes from the digestive tracts of insects that degrade plastic;
- Genomic research on microorganisms isolated from insect intestine tracts;
- Genetic modification and utilization of microbes from insect guts;
- Utilization of microbes (or enzymes isolated from them) derived from the digestive tracts of microbes for the degradation of plastics and other polymers;
- Genes and enzymes isolated from insect gut microbes that catalyze the degradation and/or transformation of molecules.
Prof. Dr. Flávio Henrique-Silva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plastic biodegradation
- polystyrene degradation
- polyethylene degradation
- polyurethane degradation
- polymer
- microbiome
- insect microbiota
- gut microbiota
- microbiota functions
- plastic enzymatic degradation
