长期聚焦芽孢杆菌及酵母菌化学品合成与转运机制和代谢工程改造的研究，包括可降解材料聚乳酸合成的单体L-乳酸和D-乳酸及高分子生物聚合物聚谷氨酸的生物合成研究。

1.Yuhan Wang, Yi Wang, Jiakai Cui, Chenchen Wu, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*.  Non-conventional yeasts: promising cell factories for organic acid bioproductionTrends in Biotechnology,2025, 43(7): 1609-1626.

2.Yi Wang, Limin Wang*, Yangfan Hu, Jiayang Qin*, Bo Yu.Design and optimization of ε-poly-L-lysine with specific functions for diverse applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 262: 129513.

3.Shengbao Chen, Jiaming Fu, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*. Development of a conjugation-based genome editing system in an undomesticated Bacillus subtilis strain for poly-γ-glutamic acid production with diverse molecular masses.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,  2023, 71(20): 7734-7743.

4. Bin Zhang, Rongqun Li, Lihua Yu, Chenchen Wu, Zhe Liu, Fengyan Bai, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*. L-Lactic acid production via sustainable neutralizer-free route by engineering acid-tolerant yeast Pichia kudriavzevii. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023, 71(29): 11131-11140.

5. Limin Wang*, Shengbao Chen, Bo Yu. Poly-γ-glutamic acid: Recent achievements, diverse applications and future perspectives. Trends in Food Science & Technology,2021, 119: 1-2.

6. Jing Li, Shengbao Chen, Jiaming Fu, Jianchun Xie, Jiansong Ju, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*. Efficient molasses utilization for low‑molecular‑weight poly‑γ‑glutamic acid production using a novel Bacillus subtilis strain. Microbial Cell Factories, 2022, 21(1):140.

7. Shiyong Huang, Yanfen Xue, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*, Cheng Zhou*, Yanhe Ma. A review of the recent developments in the bioproduction of polylactic acid and its precursors optically pure lactic acids. Molecules, 2021, 26(21): 6446.

8. Lihong Fu, Yu Wang, Jiansong Ju, Lei Cheng, Youqiang Xu, Bo Yu, Limin Wang*. Extracellular production of active-form Streptomyces Mobaraensis transglutaminase in Bacillus subtilis, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019, 104(2): 623-631.

9. Yu Wang, Caili Zhang, Guoxia Liu, Jiansong Ju, Bo Yu*, Limin Wang*. Elucidating the role and regulation of a lactate permease as lactate transporter in Bacillus coagulans DSM1, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2019, 85(14): e00672-19.

10. Limin Wang*, Bo Yu, Ruixuan Wang, Jianchun Xie. Biotechnological routes for transglutaminase production: Recent achievements, perspectives and limits, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2018, 81: 116-120.

11. Zhang Caili, Zhou Cheng, Assavasirijinda Nilnate, Yu Bo, Limin Wang*, Ma Yanhe. Non-sterilized fermentation of high optically pure D-lactic acid by a genetically modified thermophilic Bacillus coagulans strain, Microbial Cell Factories, 2017, 16(1): 213.

12. Lifan Sun, Caili Zhang, Pengcheng Lyu, Yanping Wang, Limin Wang*, Bo Yu. Contributory roles of two L-lactate dehydrogenases for L-lactic acid production in thermotolerant Bacillus coagulans, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6:37916.

13. Hongyan Wang#, Limin Wang#, Han Yang, Yumeng Cai, Lifan Sun, Yanfen Xue, Bo Yu*, Yanhe Ma. Comparative proteomic insights into the lactate responses of halophilic Salinicoccus roseus W12, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5:13776.

14. Limin Wang, Yumeng Cai, Lingfeng Zhu, Honglian Guo, Bo Yu*. Major role of NAD-dependent lactate dehydrogenases in high optically pure L-lactic acid production by thermophilic Bacillus coagulans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014, 80(23): 7134-7141.