Engineering lactic acid bacteria for increased industrial functionality

Bioengineered Bugs

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bron, Peter A ^a,b,c   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b,d  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Post genomics; Probiotic; Robustness; Starter cultures; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLACEAE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLACEAE; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 79952429363     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bbug.2.2.13910     Document Type: Review

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