Amino Acid Fermentation
Amino Acid Fermentation

Author: Atsushi Yokota

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-11

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 4431565205

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This book presents the latest findings on amino acid fermentation and reviews the 50-year history of their development. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which presents a review of amino acid fermentation, past and present. The second part highlights selected examples of amino acid fermentation in more detail, while the third focuses on recent advanced technologies. The last part introduces readers to several topics for future research directions in amino acid production systems. A new field, “amino acid fermentation”, was created by the progress of academic research and industrial development. In 1908, the Japanese researcher Kikunae Ikeda discovered glutamate as an Umami substance. Then a new seasoning, MSG (monosodium glutamate), was commercialized. Although glutamate was extracted from the hydro-lysate of wheat or soybean in the early days, a new production method was subsequently invented – “fermentation” – in which glutamate is produced from sugars such as glucose by a certain bacterium called Corynebacterium. The topic of this volume is particularly connected in a significant way with biochemical, biotechnological, and microbial fields. Both professionals in industry and an academic audience will understand the importance of this volume.

Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods
Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-02-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0309046858

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In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste of an otherwise bland food, enhance the digestibility of a food that is difficult to assimilate, preserve food from degradation by noxious organisms, and increase nutritional value through the synthesis of essential amino acids and vitamins. Although "fermented food" has a vaguely distasteful ring, bread, wine, cheese, and yogurt are all familiar fermented foods. Less familiar are gari, ogi, idli, ugba, and other relatively unstudied but important foods in some African and Asian countries. This book reports on current research to improve the safety and nutrition of these foods through an elucidation of the microorganisms and mechanisms involved in their production. Also included are recommendations for needed research.

Amino Acid Biosynthesis – Pathways, Regulation and Metabolic Engineering
Amino Acid Biosynthesis – Pathways, Regulation and Metabolic Engineering

Author: Volker F. Wendisch

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-03-24

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 3540485961

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This book presents the current knowledge of fundamental as well as applied microbiology of amino acids. Coverage details the amino acid biosynthetic pathways, their genetic and biochemical regulation, transport of amino acids and genomics of producing microorganisms. The book also examines the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the biotechnological production of amino acids for use as pharmaceuticals and as food and feed additives.

Nutritional Improvement of Food and Feed Proteins
Nutritional Improvement of Food and Feed Proteins

Author: Mendel Friedman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 906

ISBN-13:

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Our objective should be to improve the quality and quantity of available food and feed sources by all feasible methods. Much new chemistry and engineering is needed to support genetics and agronomy. Food fortification and supplementation need better guidance based on research. Deleterious side reactions in food storage and processing need to be eliminated or minimized. Ways to measure protein nutritional quality based on information from chemical, biochemical, microbiological, animal, and human studies need to be correlated and optimized. New protein food sources need to be developed; related toxicological and nutritional problems need solutions.

Industrial Biotechnology
Industrial Biotechnology

Author: Christoph Wittmann

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-03-06

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 3527341811

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The latest volume in the Advanced Biotechnology series provides an overview of the main product classes and platform chemicals produced by biotechnological processes today, with applications in the food, healthcare and fine chemical industries. Alongside the production of drugs and flavors as well as amino acids, bio-based monomers and polymers and biofuels, basic insights are also given as to the biotechnological processes yielding such products and how large-scale production may be enabled and improved. Of interest to biotechnologists, bio and chemical engineers, as well as those working in the biotechnological, chemical, and food industries.

Microbial Production of L-Amino Acids
Microbial Production of L-Amino Acids

Author: Robert Faurie

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-01-17

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 354043383X

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This volume deals with "Microbial Production of L-Amino Acids" and presents five comprehensive, expert and actual review articles on the modern production of Amino Acids by application of biotechnologically optimized microorganisms. This includes not only the modern techniques of enzyme, metabolic and transport engineering but also sophisticated analytical methods like metabolic flux analysis and subsequent pathway modeling. A general review about industrial processes of Amino Acid production provides a comprehensive overview about recent strain development as well as fermentation technologies. It was our special interest to focus the other articles on the most important and best selling amino acids on the world market i.e. L-Glutamate, L-Lysine and L-Threonine. The authors of this special volume have contributed significantly to the progress of Amino Acid biotechnology in the last decades and earn our special gratitude and admiration for their expert review articles.

Prokaryotic Metabolism and Physiology
Prokaryotic Metabolism and Physiology

Author: Byung Hong Kim

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1107171733

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Extensive and up-to-date review of key metabolic processes in bacteria and archaea and how metabolism is regulated under various conditions.

Lactic Acid Fermentation of Fruits and Vegetables
Lactic Acid Fermentation of Fruits and Vegetables

Author: Spiros Paramithiotis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-02-03

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 131535330X

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Lactic acid fermentation has been practiced for thousands of years mainly to preserve surplus and perishable foodstuff and also to enhance them organoleptically. Lactic acid fermentation of fruits and vegetables is no exception, leading to the production of a wide range of products, some of which are now considered as characteristic of certain geographical areas and cultures. The aim of this book is to collect, present, and discuss all available information regarding lactic acid fermentation of fruits and vegetables. For this purpose, an international group of experts was invited to contribute their knowledge and experience in a highly informative and comprehensive way. The book consists of fourteen chapters. The first five chapters integrate aspects that apply to all products. Then, chapters 6 to 9 are dedicated to products that have met commercial significance and have been extensively studied, i.e. sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented cucumbers and olives. In chapters 10 to 13, regional products with great potential from Asia, Europe and Africa, as well as lactic acid fermented juices and smoothies, are presented and thoroughly discussed. Finally, chapter 14 discusses the fields in which intensive study is expected to take place in the coming years.

Corynebacterium glutamicum
Corynebacterium glutamicum

Author: Nami Tatsumi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 3642298575

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Corynebacterium glutamicum was discovered in Japan in 1956 as a natural glutamate producer. Its “microbial factory” qualities, such as its physiological plasticity and robust catalytic functionalities, have since facilitated the development of efficient production processes for amino acids, nucleotides and vitamins. This monograph illustrates how the information gleaned from complete genome sequencing allows the rational engineering of the entire cellular metabolism and how systems biology permits the further optimization of C. glutamicum as a biocatalyst. Aspects of gene regulation, metabolic pathways, sugar uptake, protein secretion, cell division and biorefinery applications highlight the enormous biotechnological and biorefinery potential.