Genome editing of lactic acid bacteria: Opportunities for food, feed, pharma and biotech

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Börner, Rosa A ^a   Kandasamy, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Axelsen, Amalie M ^a   Nielsen, Alex T ^a   Bosma, Elleke F ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biotherapeutics; Food fermentation; Genetic tool development; GMO regulation; Phytotherapeutics; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FUEL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT DNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSFER; FERMENTATION; FOOD; GENE EDITING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ANIMAL FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLALES; MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL FUNCTION; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE LIBRARY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION;

ANIMAL FEED; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EDITING; LACTOBACILLALES;

EID: 85059492948     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny291     Document Type: Review

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