New perspectives for Lactobacilli exopolysaccharides

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-66

  Badel, S ^a,b   Bernardi, T ^b   Michaud, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b BioFilm Control   (France)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Food products; Lactobacillus; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

EPS PRODUCTION; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FERMENTED FOODS; INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SPP; LOW-YIELD; NUTRACEUTICALS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; TEXTURING AGENTS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD SAFETY; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTICS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD CONTROL; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 78649858886     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.08.011     Document Type: Review

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