Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are extensively employed in the production of various fermented
foods, due to their safe status, ability to affect texture and flavor and finally due to the …

Highlights•Microbial cell factories can be tailored for producing certain 'drop-in'chemicals.•
Metabolic engineering has greatly enhanced the development of microbial cell …

With the development of metabolic engineering, employment of a selected microbial host for
accommodation of a designed biosynthetic pathway to produce a target compound has …

Sustainable production of chemicals from renewable non-food biomass has become a
promising alternative to overcome environmental issues caused by our heavy dependence …

Metabolic engineering has enabled us to develop strains suitable for their use as microbial
factories of chemicals and materials from renewable sources. It has recently become more …

Highlights•Nutraceuticals are health-promoting compounds of diverse structures and
origins.•Metabolic engineering enables microbes for value-added nutraceutical …

Bio-based production promises a sustainable route to myriads of chemicals, materials and
fuels. With regard to eco-efficiency, its future success strongly depends on a next level of bio …

Highlights•Plant metabolites have numerous applications in the food industry.•Most plant
metabolites with food applications are (poly) phenols and terpenoids.•Microorganisms can …

Engineering microbial cells to efficiently synthesize high-value-added natural products has
received increasing attention in recent years. In this review, we describe the pipeline to build …

Developing cost-efficient biotechnological processes is a major challenge in replacing fossil-
based industrial production processes. The remarkable progress in genetic engineering …