Microbial Production of Food Ingredients and Additives. Handbook of Food Bioengineering Volume 5

Table of Contents

1. Microbial production of added-value ingredients: state of the art 2. Phytase as a diet ingredient: From microbial production to its applications in food and feed industry 3. Current trends and future prospects of prebiotics as therapeutic food 4. Food ingredients synthesized by lactic acid bacteria 5. Microbial diversity and flavor quality of fermented beverages 6. Prebiotic and symbiotic foods 7. Production, Use and Prospects of Microbial Food Colourants 8. Biopolymer produced by the lactic acid bacteria; production and practical application 9. Microbial Production of Low Calorie Sugars 10. Microbial production of itaconic acid 11. Microbial Production of Secondary Metabolites as Food Ingredients 12. Microbial Polysaccharides as Food Ingredients 13. Xanthan: biotechnological production and applications 14. Designer foods: Scope for enrichment with microbe-sourced antioxidants 15. Monitoring of Microbial Activity in Real-Time

Authors

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books. Alina Maria Holban Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.