Special issue on synthetic biotechnology for C1 bio-refineries

Introduction:

Single carbon (C1) feedstocks, including CO₂, CO, CH₄, formate and methanol, can serve as ideal raw materials for sustainable production of chemicals and biofuels toward the goal of carbon neutrality. The development in synthetic biology provides advanced bio-techniques and tools for the construction of efficient bioprocesses for bioconversion of C1 feedstocks in both native C1-trophs and traditional model microbes. This special issue will focus on current progress on synthetic biotechnology for efficient C1 bio-refinery.

Topics covered:

These will include, but not be limited to:

• Bioconversion of C1 feedstock (CO₂, CO, CH₄, formate and methanol)
• Enzyme engineering for improving C1 utilisation
• Pathway engineering for improving C1 utilisation
• Metabolic engineering model organisms for C1 utilisation
• Metabolic engineering C1-trophic organisms
• Chemical and biofuel production from C1 feedstocks
• Systems biology of C1 metabolism
• Tools and technologies to enable C1 engineering

Important deadlines:

• Submission deadline (for full papers): 31 May 2023
• Publication date: upon acceptance

Submission instructions:

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online; please select the special issue “Synthetic biotechnology for C1 bio-refineries”.

Manuscripts will be reviewed and published on a first-come, first-served basis. Once all accepted manuscripts are published, they will be pulled together in this special issue.

Guest Editors:

• Prof. Yongjin Zhou, Dalian institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Email: zhouyongjin@dicp.ac.cn
• Prof. Benjamin Woolston, Northeastern University, USA. Email: b.woolston@northeastern.edu