Lactic Acid Bacteria: Current Advances in Metabolism, Genetics and Applications (Hardcover, 1996)

Genetic Engineering Strategies.- Progress in Genetic Research of Lactic Acid Bacteria.- Cloning and Expression Vectors for Lactococci.- Expression of Human and Murine Interleukins in Lactococcus lactis.- Lactic Acid Bacteria Involved in Food Fermentations and Their Present and Future Uses in Food Industry.- Probiotics of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Science or Myth?.- Use of Bacteriocin Producing Starters Advantageously in Dairy Industry.- Characteristics and Applications of Pediocin(s) of Pediococcus Acidilactici: Pediocin PA-l/AcH.- Polysaccharides, Oligosaccharides, Special Sugars and Enzymes via Leuconostoc Mesenteroides sp. Fermentations.- Role of Lactic Acid Fermentation in Bioconversion of Wastes.- Indigenous Lactic Acid Bacteria of Various Food Commodities and Factors Affecting Their Growth and Survival.- Fermentation Process for the Production of Lactic Acid.- Casein-Breakdown by Lactococcus lactis.- Mechanism of Nisin-induced Pore-formation.- Induction of Penicillin Resistance in S. thermophilus.- Kinetics of Food Processes Involving Pure or Mixed Cultures of Lactic Acid Bacteria.- The Stabilization of Biocatalytic Proteins Against Inactivation.