Physiology, Metabolism and Potential Applications of Lactic Acid Bacteria, Probiotics and Non-Conventional Yeasts in Food Fields
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2020)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; microbial metabolism; microbial genetics; diversity of microbial communities; stress response; food fermentation; food quality; food nutrition; food safety; dairy products; cereals; antioxidants
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Interests: food biotechnology; microbiology; table olives; fermentation; food products; valorization of agro-food co-products; food biotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeasts play important roles in the production of fermented foods and beverages. LAB are used as a starter and/or adjunct cultures in dairy, meat, cereal and vegetable products to improve their shelf-life and sensory properties. Additionally, several strains with health-promoting features (e.g., immune stimulation, inactivation of carcinogenic substances, prevention of oral, gastrointestinal and urogenital infections) have been characterized and exploited as probiotics.
Among yeasts, those belonging to the genus Saccharomyces are involved in several fermentation processes (e.g., wine, beer and bakery industries). Recent studies, however, have underlined the potential of non-conventional (NC) yeasts (i.e., non-Saccharomyces) to improve the nutritional, organoleptic and safety features of many fermented foods and beverages. NC yeasts, in fact, possess metabolic traits (e.g., alternative pathways for carbon and/or nitrogen sources and product formation, production of aroma compounds, antimicrobial activity, stress tolerance) that could promote biodiversity and biosafety in foods.
The study of the physiological, metabolic and genomic diversity of LAB and NC yeasts as well as their interactions may be useful to promote the fitness and competitiveness of starter, adjunct and probiotic strains in food matrices and human hosts.
Thus, this Special Issue encourages the submission of short communications, original research papers and reviews that contribute to the progression of knowledge on the roles of LAB, probiotics and NC yeasts in food quality and human health.
Dr. Teresa Zotta
Dr. Gianluca Bleve
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Lactic acid bacteria
- Probiotics
- Non-conventional yeasts
- Starter cultures
- Fermented foods and beverages
- Food quality
- Food nutrition
- Human health