Editorial: Microbial host and metabolic engineering for natural product discovery and production

Key Points

• To highlight the role of microbial host and metabolic engineering in facilitating the discovery and production of natural products.
• Edited a themed issue on microbial engineering.
• Focused on the role of natural products in various applications.
• Reviewed current research and development in the field.
• Emphasized innovations in natural product discovery.
• Showed potential for improved production techniques.
• Highlighted collaborations across the scientific community.