Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for urban waste valorization
Imen Ben Tahar, Patrick Fickers
Abstract
Waste management is one the major challenges throughout the world. Microbial conversion of urban organic waste into valuable by-products can be used as an approach to advance circular bioeconomy and sustainable development. Recent advances in omics technology, system biology and synthetic biology offer promising tools to surround cell-scale challenges and contribute to the design of cost-effective biorefineries. This review discusses the recent development in metabolic engineering of microorganisms to improve the bioconversion yield of urban organic wastes into high value-added products. Some successful case-studies of metabolic engineering used to design efficient microbial strains are detailed.
Topics & Concepts
BioconversionMetabolic engineeringSynthetic biologyBiochemical engineeringBiotechnologyMicroorganismEngineeringEnvironmental scienceWaste managementBiologyBacteriaComputational biologyBiochemistryEnzymeFermentationGeneticsFood scienceMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Catalysis and Immobilization