Understanding Kombucha Tea Fermentation: A Review

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 580-588

  Villarreal Soto, Silvia Alejandra ^a   Beaufort, Sandra ^a   Bouajila, Jalloul ^a   Souchard, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Taillandier, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

bioactivity; fermentation; kombucha tea; microbial cellulose; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOMBUCHA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; YEAST;

BACTERIA; CHINA; FERMENTATION; KOMBUCHA TEA; YEASTS;

EID: 85042927914     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.14068     Document Type: Review

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