Microbial Metabolic Pathways and the “Fermented Plant Foods ‒ Human Health” Axis
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 57142
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular microbiology and biotechnology of vegetable/fruit, sourdough and cheese lactic acid bacteria; synthesis of biogenic compounds by lactic acid bacteria; transcriptomics and phenomics of lactic acid bacteria in response to plant niche environments; phenolics, fatty acids, phytochemicals; human intestinal microbiome in response to dietary habits
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Interests: nutrients; probiotics; prebiotics; fermentation
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Interests: lactic acid bacteria; yeasts; fermentation; metabolomics; functional foods and beverages; bioactive compounds; phenolics; phytochemicals; novel foods; food technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Foods (ISSN 2304-8158) is currently running a Special Issue entitled “Microbial Metabolic Pathways and the 'Fermented Plant Foods‒human health' Axis”, for which we are serving as Guest Editors. The Special Issue aims to build a solid platform to discuss the multitude of microbial metabolic pathways that may potentially affect the health-promoting properties of plant-based foods during fermentative processes. Fermentations may lead to significant changes in the health-promoting features of fruit- and vegetable-based foods and beverages. Lactic acid fermentation is the most widespread and represents an established biotechnological tool. Nevertheless, the functionality of the most representative microbial groups (e.g., yeasts, acetic acid bacteria, and lactic acid bacteria) involved in plant fermentations deserves to be further exploited to increase the level of bioactive compounds or to decrease that of antinutritional factors during fermentation. The exploitation of microbial metabolic pathways along the “fermented plant foods‒human health” axis is strictly linked to food products innovation, which is approaching novel formulations based on natural ingredients or food industry by-products as functional ingredients.
We would like to invite you to contribute with high-quality original research and review papers addressing the most innovative and relevant findings on the functional exploitation of microbial metabolic pathways during fruit and vegetable fermentation.
Prof. Dr. Raffaella Di Cagno
Prof. Dr. Marco Gobbetti
Dr. Pasquale Filannino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fermentation
- microbes
- fruits
- vegetables
- phenolic compounds
- metabolism
- novel foods
- bioactivity
- phytochemicals
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