Description:
Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Biotechnology: Innovations and Functional Aspects describes the latest advancements in LAB applications in the development of functional foods and fermented foods, biotechnological products using LAB, i.e., bio chemicals (organic acids, bacteriocins, etc.), bioactive and functional biomolecules, comparative genomics of probiotic LAB, and genetically modified LAB in food industry. Bridging the gap between LAB-mediated fermented foods and bioactive compounds, vis-a-vis molecular aspects, this book enables the transition from research to application. The book details applications of LAB in fermented/functional foods including cereals, vegetables, fish, meat cheese, other dairy products, and much more.
Other sections cover their biochemistry and biotechnology aspects, bio preservation by bio molecules produced by LAB, bioactive metabolites and biosurfactants, including their value in health and wellness and exploring the genomics of LAB from food to health. Finally, the book addresses genetically modified lactic acid bacteria in food and beverages.
Brief description: Dr Didier Montet obtained his PhD in food microbiology, University of Montpellier. He has been conducting research in the food sector and more particularly in food safety for more than 35 years. He created the Food safety team at UMR Qualisud at Cirad in Montpellier, France. He is a national expert in biotechnology and additives at the National Food Safety Agency (ANSES). He is CIRAD's representative for EFSA (article 36). His main research concerns the understanding of the microbial ecology of food and food safety. He has published more than 230 articles and 8 books as an editor in the field of food (Fermentations, traceability, mycotoxins). He has managed or participated in 8 European projects. It carries out various expertise in the world concerning national food security organizations (with the FAO, the French embassy and several international foundations). He has developed a collective expertise methodology to identify food hazards.