Lactic acid bacteria: from starter cultures to producers of chemicals

Lactic acid bacteria constitute a diverse group of industrially significant, safe microorganisms that are primarily used as starter cultures and probiotics, and are also being developed as production systems in industrial biotechnology for biocatalysis and transformation of renewable feedstocks to c...

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Main Authors: Hatti-Kaul, Rajni (Author), Chen, Lu (Author), Dishisha, Tarek (Author), El Enshasy, Hesham (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, 2018-10-01.
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