Sugar catabolism and its impact on the biosynthesis and engineering of exopolysaccharide production in lactic acid bacteria

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 723-732

  Boels, Ingeborg C ^a,b   Kranenburg, Richard van ^a,b   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^a,b   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and genetics; Lactic acid bacteria; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD MICROBIOTECHNOLOGY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY;

EID: 0034799007     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-6946(01)00116-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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