Publication
Title
Applications of plant-based fermented foods and their microbes
Author
Abstract
Plant-based fermentations and their microbes provide an underexplored source for novel biotechnological applications. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies and analyses of sequencing data highlight that a diverse array of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) frequently dominate these plant fermentations. Because of the long history of safe LAB use in fermented foods, we argue here that various novel probiotic, synbiotic and a range of other industrial applications can be produced based on new insights in the functional and genetic potential of these LAB. To aid in this quest, comparative genomics tools are increasingly available enabling a more rational design of wet-lab experiments to screen for the most relevant properties. This is also true for the exploration of useful enzymatic and (secondary) metabolic production capacities of the LAB that can be isolated from these plant-based fermentations, such as the recent discovery of a cellulase enzyme in specific Lactobacillus plantarum group members.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Current opinion in biotechnology. - Chicago, Ill.
Publication
London : Current biology ltd , 2020
ISSN
0958-1669
DOI
10.1016/J.COPBIO.2019.09.023
Volume/pages
61 (2020) , p. 45-52
ISI
000527917900009
Pubmed ID
31733464
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
ProCure : Defining the future of probiotics for upper respiratory tract diseases.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 05.06.2020
Last edited 02.10.2024
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