Harnessing the metabolic potential of Streptococcus thermophilus for new biotechnological applications.
Journal
Current opinion in biotechnology
ISSN: 1879-0429
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Biotechnol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9100492
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2020
02 2020
Historique:
received:
16
08
2019
revised:
03
12
2019
accepted:
17
12
2019
pubmed:
17
1
2020
medline:
28
8
2020
entrez:
17
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Streptococcus thermophilus is a microorganism extensively used in cheese and yogurt fermentation. Its economic value, combined with an increasing demand for novel starter cultures with improved functionality, foster numerous research efforts to unravel key aspects of S. thermophilus physiology. Several phenotypic traits are linked to industrial applications. These include sugar metabolism, proteolysis and the production of important metabolites such as acetaldehyde, exopolysaccharides, and vitamins, which affect the organoleptic properties of fermented foods and protocooperation with Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. The advent of new molecular tools including a genome editing toolbox facilitates engineering S. thermophilus for physiological studies as well as generating strains with improved technological and/or functional characteristics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31945498
pii: S0958-1669(19)30157-0
doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.12.019
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
142-152Informations de copyright
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