Fermentation and Bioactive Metabolites 4.0
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Fermentation for Food and Beverages".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 17434
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Interests: milk; dairy; food analysis; food microbiology and technology; food preservation
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Interests: microbial ecology; molds; mycotoxin; biofilms; antimicrobial compounds; fermented food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms are known to produce secondary metabolites, being exploited as useful bioactive molecules. In addition, they are very diverse both phylogenetically and functionally, being able to carry out complex metabolic transformations. This metabolic versatility leads to a pool of biomolecules that are highly diverse in chemical structure and biological function, and which have potential applications in medicine and the pharmaceutical and food industry fields. In addition, several microorganisms have been exploited to obtain biologically active compounds like peptides, carbohydrates, polyphenols, carotenoids, phytosterols, and fatty acids, which offer health benefits like the prevention of diseases, utilizing different plant- and animal-derived products as substrates. In fact, nowadays, the use of fermented foods is considered a promising alternative to satisfy the growing consumer demands for healthy foods. To increase the production of biomolecules, many strategies, such as the use of specialized single-strain microbial origin cultures, co- cultures exhibiting high diversity allowing complementarity of functions that can modulate their physiology to produce new bioactive molecules, have been used. Accordingly, the design of bioreactor and bioprocesses are also being exploited. This Special Issue aims to publish technological developments (in the form of original research articles, short communications, reviews, that make a considerable and efficient contribution to the scientific community) used to investigate different aspects of the impact of fermentation on the production of bioactive metabolites. Topics that will be considered include the production of biomolecules in relation to foods, agriculture, industry, biotechnology, and public health.
This is the fourth version of topic “Fermentation and Bioactive Metabolites”, The success of the first three Editions can be found at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fermentation/special_issues/bioactive_metabolites
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fermentation/special_issues/bioactive_metabolites_2
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fermentation/special_issues/bioactive_metabolites_3
Dr. Annalisa Serio
Dr. Clemencia Chaves-López
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peptides
- fatty acids
- phenolic compounds
- organic volatile compounds
- antimicrobial compounds
- secondary metabolites
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