Unlocking the Potential of Microbial Oil Production: A Sustainable Solution for Edible Oil Production

Announcement of Special Issue

Thematic Issue for Applied Food Biotechnology

Unlocking the Potential of Microbial Oil Production: A Sustainable Solution for Edible Oil Production

Guest Editor:

Debashis Dutta (Ph.D.): Dept. of Food Processing Technology, Mirmadan Mohanlal Govt. Polytechnic, Govt. of West Bengal, India, Email: debasish.rs.bce13@itbhu.ac.in

Co-guest Editor:

Monoj Kumar Mondal (Ph.D.): Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Indian institute of technology, BHU, Varanasi.

Shankar Khade (Ph.D.): Biotechnology, School of Engineering, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Pune Maharashtra

Prashant Kumar (Ph.D.): B.D.S, M.Tech. IIIT-Allahabad, PhD. MNNIT- Allahabad

Time lines:

Manuscript submission deadline:                         September, 2024

Peer Review Due:                                                     December, 2025

Revision Due:                                                           February, 2025

Notification of acceptance by guest editor:         March, 2025

Final manuscripts due:                                            April, 2025

Aims and Scope

This special issue intends to explore the potential of microbial oil production as a sustainable solution for edible oil production, emphasizing recent advancements, challenges, and future prospects in this emerging field.

Scope: Areas of interest comprise, but are not restricted to:

- Utilization of microorganisms in microbial oil production.

- Implementation of fermentation processes for lipid accumulation.

- Choosing appropriate feedstock’s for microbial oil production.

- Enhancing lipid yield and quality through culture conditions optimization.

- Techniques for downstream processing and lipid extraction.

- Utilizations of microbial oils as edible oils and food additives.

- Assessment of sustainability and environmental impact of microbial oil production.

- Exploration of economic and commercial aspects of microbial oil production for edible oil applications.

- Evaluation of future prospects and challenges in the field of microbial oil production for edible oil production.

Keywords: Microbial oil production; Single-cell oils; Edible oil; Lipid accumulation; Fermentation; Microbial strains; Biotechnological approaches; Downstream processing; Lipid extraction; Sustainable food production; Environmental impact; Biorefinery

Subtopics:

• Metabolic Engineering for Enhanced Lipid Production:
• Synthetic Biology Approaches for Microbial Oil Production:
• Omics Approaches for Strain Improvement:
• Bioreactor Design and Engineering:
• Utilization of Alternative Feedstocks:
• Hybrid Bioprocesses for Co-production of Lipids and Value-added Products:
• Microbial Consortia for Synergistic Lipid Production:
• CRISPR-based Genome Editing for Strain Improvement:
• Nanotechnology Applications in Lipid Extraction and Purification:
• Digitalization and Process Intensification in Microbial Oil Production:

Applied Food Biotechnology

23 May 2024