Start of a new Special Issue in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Section of Industrial Biotechnology
Start of a new Special Issue entitled “Bio-technological Processes and Enzymes for the Conversion and Valorization of Plastic” in frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Section of Industrial Biotechnology.
This Research Topic welcomes articles on, but not limited to, the following topic areas:
• Discovery and production of novel synthetic-polymer converting enzymes using gene-based or function-based (meta-)genomic techniques
• Biocatalyst immobilization
• Biotechnological solutions for the increased postconsumer biopolymeric materials
• Protein engineering to develop plastic-converting enzymes with enhanced activity and stability
• Novel pretreatment processes to make plastics prone to enzymatic attack
• Metabolic engineering of microbial strains to valorize plastics degradation products
• Systems biology and multi-omics integration for elucidating plastic-converting and metabolic pathways
• Downstream strategies for large-scale valorization and upcycling of plastic wastes
• Other challenges in developing biotechnological processes for the conversion and valorization of plastic wastes
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