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The long and winding road from the research laboratory to industrial applications of lactic acid bacteria

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Research innovations are constantly occurring in universities, research institutions and industrial research laboratories. These are reported in the scientific literature and presented to the scientific community in various congresses and symposia as well as through direct contacts and collaborations. Conversion of these research results to industrially useful innovations is, however, considerably more complex than generally appreciated. The long and winding road from the research laboratory to industrial applications will be illustrated with two recent examples from Chr. Hansen A/S: the implementation in industrial scale of a new production technology based on respiration by Lactococcus lactis and the introduction to the market of L. lactis strains constructed using recombinant DNA technology.

Source: FEMS Microbiology Reviews

DOI: 10.1016/j.fmrre.2005.04.001

Authors: M PEDERSEN, S IVERSEN, K SORENSEN, E JOHANSEN

Institution: Chr. Hansen (Denmark)

Language: English

Topic: Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Danone, Universidad de Málaga, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique