Overview
- Focus on the responses of LAB towards specific environmental stresses
- Presents the stress responses of LAB in the context of species and genera
- Discusses the applications and the future challenges of LAB stress research
Part of the book series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety (FMFS)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
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Responses of lactic acid bacteria towards specific environmental stresses
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Stress responses of lactic acid bacteria in the context of species or genera
About this book
Beginning with the basics of lactic acid bacteria and stress response, then working into specific fields of research and current developments, Stress Responses of Lactic Acid Bacteria will serve as an essential guidebook to researchers in the field, industry professionals, and advanced students in the area.
The exploration of stress responses in lactic acid bacteria began in the early 90s and revealed the differences that exist between LAB and the classical model microorganisms. A considerable amount of work has been performed on the main genera / species of LAB regarding the genes implicated and their actual role and regulation, and the mechanisms of stress resistance have also been elucidated. Recent genome and transcriptome analyses complement the proteome and genetic information available today and shed a new light on the perception of and the responses to stress by lactic acid bacteria.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is a 530-page practical and timely resource on this microbiological topic associated with food technology, and food safety issues and problems. The focus is on current knowledge of the stress physiology of LAB. … All in all, I enjoyed reading this comprehensive book on stress responses of LAB. A must-have for everyone in food technology and probiotics research.” (K. Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 3 (2), June, 2012)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Effie Tsakalidou (PhD) is a Professor of Food Biochemistry at the Agricultural University of Athens in Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos Papadimitriou (PhD) is a Research Associate in the Laboratory of Dairy Research at the Agricultural University of Athens in Athens, Greece.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stress Responses of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Editors: Effie Tsakalidou, Konstantinos Papadimitriou
Series Title: Food Microbiology and Food Safety
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92771-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-92770-1Published: 30 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2975-3Published: 24 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-92771-8Published: 06 September 2011
Series ISSN: 2629-1010
Series E-ISSN: 2629-1029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 530
Topics: Food Science, Microbiology, Applied Microbiology