State of the Art in Immobilized/Encapsulated Cell Technology in Fermentation Processes

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 119-146

  Nedović, Viktor A ^a   Manojlović, Verica ^a   Bugarski, Branko ^a   Willaert, Ronnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beer Fermentation; Cider Production; Flavor Formation; Immobilize Cell; Malolactic Fermentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925945474     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7475-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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