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Immobilization of Microbial Cells for Industrial and Environmental Applications

Edited by:
Pankaj Bhatt: Purdue University, USA
Zhen Li: Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Priscilla Amaral: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 31 December 2024


Microbial Cell Factories is calling for submissions to our Collection on 'Immobilization of Microbial Cells for Industrial and Environmental Applications.' This Collection aims to collect diversified findings to advance our interdisciplinary understanding of microbial immobilization techniques, used materials, and properties of immobilized systems.

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Microbial Cell Factories is calling for submissions to our Collection on 'Immobilization of Microbial Cells for Industrial and Environmental Applications.' 

Immobilization of microbial cells has been widely applied for industrial and environmental applications. Cell immobilization can limit the mobility of the cells using synthetic or natural polymers generating reusable biocatalysts instead of free cells. This special issue aims to collect diversified findings to advance our interdisciplinary understanding of microbial immobilization techniques, used materials, and properties of immobilized systems. Regarding environmental applications, immobilized cells have the potential to be utilized in the degradation of various types of wastewater contaminants, pesticides, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and other organic and inorganic pollutants. New findings on the influences on the formation, weathering, and transportation of minerals, elements, or nutrients in various systems will be addressed. Meanwhile, their industrial application as sole functional microorganisms will also be included. The microorganisms in this topic will include bacteria, fungi, althea, algae, and viruses. The topics that will be covered, but not limited to: 

  • Microorganism-induced biomineralization, regulation of elemental geochemistry
  • Application of immobilized microorganisms in environmental remediation, wastewater systems or agricultural soils
  • Synergistic effects and mechanisms of functional microbial-assisted green materials
  • Development of cell immobilization techniques, selection of immobilization support, application of immobilized microorganisms in industrial reactions, etc.
  • Synthesis and application of immobilized beads in microbial biotechnological approaches 
  • Immobilized algae-bacteria cells and their environmental applications 


  1. This study explores a sustainable approach for synthesizing silver nanocomposites (AgNCs) with enhanced antimicrobial and bioactivity using safe Lactobacillus strains and a whey-based medium (WBM). WBM effectivel...

    Authors: E. B. El.Fadly, A. S. Salah, B. Abdella, A. Al Ali, H. AlShmrany, A. M. ElBaz, N. S. Abdelatty, E. F. Khamis, O. F. Maagouz, M. A. Salamah, M. N. Saleh, H. K. Sakr and M. A. El-Kemary
    Citation: Microbial Cell Factories 2024 23:195
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Bacterial infections and the rising antimicrobial resistance pose a significant threat to public health. Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces bacteriocins like pyocins, especially S-type pyocins, which are promising f...

    Authors: Hamed Charkhian, Ehsan Soleimannezhadbari, Amin Bodaqlouei, Lida Lotfollahi, Hajie Lotfi, Nesa Yousefi, Ehsan Shojadel and Zafar Gholinejad
    Citation: Microbial Cell Factories 2024 23:175
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Biotin, serving as a coenzyme in carboxylation reactions, is a vital nutrient crucial for the natural growth, development, and overall well-being of both humans and animals. Consequently, biotin is widely util...

    Authors: Donghan Ma, Guangqing Du, Huan Fang, Rong Li and Dawei Zhang
    Citation: Microbial Cell Factories 2024 23:135
    Content type: Review Published on:

  4. The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of biogenic silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on growth behavior and leaf anatomy of in vitro growing shoots of ‘Picual’ and ‘Dolce’ olive cultivars. Biosynthesis of ...

    Authors: Mohamed S. Hasanin, Sayed A.M. Hassan, A. M. AbdAllatif and Osama M. Darwesh
    Citation: Microbial Cell Factories 2024 23:79
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Phosphate solubilizing fungi Penicillium oxalicum (POX) and Red yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (Rho) have been applied in Pb remediation with the combination of fluorapatite (FAp), respectively. The secretion of ...

    Authors: Qiang Guan, Xiaohui Cheng, Yue He, Yifan Yan, Lei Zhang, Zhan Wang, Liangliang Zhang and Da Tian
    Citation: Microbial Cell Factories 2024 23:64
    Content type: Research Published on:

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. 

Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Immobilization of Microbial Cells for Industrial and Environmental Applications" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.