Extremozymes from metagenome: Potential applications in food processing

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2017-2025

  Khan, Mahejibin ^a,c   Sathya, T A ^b,c  

^a Central Food Technological Research Institute Resource Centre   (India)

^b CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Extremophiles; food processing; functional food; metagenomics

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROCESSED FOODS;

ANNUAL GROWTH RATE; EXTREMOPHILES; FUNCTIONAL GENES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMICS; PRODUCT FORMULATION; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

ATTENTION; CATALYSIS; EXTREMOPHILE; FIELD STUDY; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INFANT; MARKET; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; BABY FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

ENZYME;

ENZYMES; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 85020693239     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1296408     Document Type: Article

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