Metabolic Fluxes in Lactic Acid Bacteria—A Review

Food Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-217

  Ferrer Valenzuela, Javier ^a   Pinuer, Luis Andrés ^a   García Cancino, Apolinaria ^a   Bórquez Yáñez, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

fermentation; food ingredient biotechnology; food quality biotechnology; lactic acid bacteria; metabolic food biotechnology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOPRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; LABORATORIES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INGREDIENTS; FOOD QUALITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE CALCULATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 84929074157     PISSN: 08905436     EISSN: 15324249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905436.2015.1027913     Document Type: Article

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