Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in the Biomanufacturing of Lipopeptides: From Strain Engineering to Industrial Applications.

Unlocking the Potential of Yeast Protein for Functional Foods: A Multiscale Overview of Bioactivity, Processing, and Application Challenges.

Global shifts in protein supply and demand are reshaping food systems toward sustainability and multifunctionality. Benefiting from its microbial biosynthesis advantage, balanced amino acid profile, and tunable molecular structure, yeast protein exhibits distinctive interfacial, colloidal, and bioactive functionalities...

From laboratory to industry: Systematic approaches to the biomanufacturing of short-chain diols.

Short-chain diols (C2-C6) are key platform chemicals widely used in polyesters and polyurethanes; however, their large-scale adoption remains limited by cost, scalability, and process robustness. This review summarizes recent advances in microbial production from an integrated perspective encompassing chassis engineeri...

Enzymatic preparation and functional development of agaro-oligosaccharides: Advances in structure-function relationships and application challenges.

Agaro-oligosaccharides (AGOS), derived from agar depolymerization, are marine-derived functional carbohydrates with diverse structures and promising bioactivities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic regulatory effects. Enzymatic degradation is an attractive strategy for AGOS production due to its m...

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates: advances, omics-driven insights and industrial applications with a focus on Streptomyces sp.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are microbially synthesized biopolyesters that have emerged as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics due to their biodegradability, biocompatibility, and versatile material properties. Among various microbial producers, Streptomyces species have gained attention as promising yet...

Nanocarrier Systems for Plant-Derived Bioactives: Design, Biosafety, and Translational Challenges

Plant-derived bioactives offer diverse pharmacological activities, but their development is often limited by poor aqueous solubility, instability, rapid metabolism, and low tissue exposure. This review examines delivery platforms used to address these constraints, including liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostr...

Glucansucrases as versatile biocatalysts: structural insights, synthesis of emerging prebiotic oligosaccharides, and their functional roles in food matrices