Microbial Biodegradation of Toxic Pollutants
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 13060
Special Issue Editors
Interests: the studies of gene expression control and enzyme systems in laboratory strains of model bacterial species (Escherichia coli) and on construction and analysis of strains of industrial bacteria that are used in biotechnology-based syntheses of various compounds and environmental applications (e.g., Corynebacterium glutamicum, Rhodococcus erythropolis)
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Dear Colleagues,
During the last few decades, the rapid development of industry and urbanization resulted in a massive release of toxic organic compounds into the environment and consequent ubiquitous pollution of air, soil, and water. The contaminating compounds include natural substances as well as xenobiotics, which are manmade chemicals that did not occur in nature before the industrial revolution. Microorganisms, which developed the abilities to degrade most naturally existing organic compounds and use them as carbon and energy sources, may also remove xenobiotics with a similar molecular structure or adapt gradually to utilization of these unnatural compounds. Biodegradable compounds include, e.g., aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated compounds, phenols, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and even polymers and herbicides. Enzymatic pathways, the respective genes, and regulation of their expression have been intensively studied. In addition to description of enzymatic systems, aspects such as bioavailability and transport of pollutants and chemostress response of microbes should be uncovered before microbial abilities can be efficiently used in bioremediation and other biotechnological processes.
The Editors of this Special Issue of Microorganisms invite you to submit manuscripts concerning all aspects of the biodegradation of pollutants using microorganisms, involved enzymes and regulatory mechanisms, stress response connected to effects of toxic compounds, and biotechnological processes based on the achieved knowledge.
Dr. Miroslav Pátek
Prof. Dr. Tomas Cajthaml
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodegradation
- pollutant
- biotechnological applications
- stress response
- omics gene engineering