Updates in the Metabolism of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Novel Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-33

  Mayo, Baltasar ^a   Aleksandrzak Piekarczyk, Tamara ^b   Fernández, María ^a   Kowalczyk, Magdalena ^b   Álvarez Martín, Pablo ^a   Bardowski, Jacek ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Citrate Metabolism and Formation of Aroma Compounds; Control of Sugar Metabolism in LAB; Functional Genomics and Metabolism; Metabolic Engineering of LAB Metabolism; PhosphoTransferase Systems (PTS); Proteolysis and Amino Acid Catabolism; Sugar Metabolism; Updates in the Metabolism of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886457300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813820866.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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