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Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetics, Metabolism and Applications

Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on lactic acid bacteria: genetics, metabolism and applications, 19–23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

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  • © 1999

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  1. W. N. Konings

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  2. O. P. Kuipers

    1. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  3. J. H. J. Huis Veld

    1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. From DNA sequence to application: possibilities and complications

    1. From DNA sequence to application: possibilities and complications

      • Gerard Venema, Jan Kok, Douwe van Sinderen
      Pages 3-23

  3. Genetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Low-redundancy sequencing of the entire Lactococcus lactis IL1403 genome

      • Alexander Bolotin, Stéphane Mauger, Karine Malarme, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Alexei Sorokin
      Pages 27-76

    3. Group II introns and expression of conjugative transfer functions in lactic acid bacteria

      • Gary M. Dunny, Larry L. McKay
      Pages 77-88

    4. Bacteriophage defence systems in lactic acid bacteria

      • Amanda Forde, Gerald F. Fitzgerald
      Pages 89-113

    5. Acquired antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria from food

      • Michael Teuber, Leo Meile, Franziska Schwarz
      Pages 115-137

    6. Multi-domain, cell-envelope proteinases of lactic acid bacteria

      • Roland J. Siezen
      Pages 139-155

  4. Metabolism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The biosynthesis and functionality of the cell-wall of lactic acid bacteria

      • Jean Delcour, Thierry Ferain, Marie Deghorain, Emmanuelle Palumbo, Pascal Hols
      Pages 159-184

    3. Bacteriocins: mechanism of membrane insertion and pore formation

      • Gert N. Moll, Wil N. Konings, Arnold J. M. Driessen
      Pages 185-198

    4. Intestinal microflora and the interaction with immunocompetent cells

      • Stephanie Blum, Susana Alvarez, Dirk Haller, Pablo Perez, Eduardo J. Schiffrin
      Pages 199-205

    5. Bioactive peptides encrypted in milk proteins: proteolytic activation and thropho-functional properties

      • Hans Meisel, Wilhelm Bockelmann
      Pages 207-215

    6. Peptidases and amino acid catabolism in lactic acid bacteria

      • Jeffrey A. Pederson, James L. Steele, Jeffrey E. Christensen, Edward G. Dudley
      Pages 217-246

    7. Sulfur metabolism in bacteria associated with cheese

      • Bart Weimer, Kimberly Seefeldt, Benjamin Dias
      Pages 247-261

  5. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Analysis of the intestinal microflora: a renaissance

      • Gerald W. Tannock
      Pages 265-278

    3. Probiotics: from myth to reality. Demonstration of functionality in animal models of disease and in human clinical trials

      • Colum Dunne, Lisa Murphy, Sarah Flynn, Liam O’Mahony, Sile O’Halloran, Maria Feeney et al.
      Pages 279-292

    4. Bringing a probiotic-containing functional food to the market: microbiological, product, regulatory and labeling issues

      • Mary Ellen Sanders, Jos Huis in’t Veld
      Pages 293-315

    5. Lactic acid bacteria in the quality improvement and depreciation of wine

      • Aline Lonvaud-Funel
      Pages 317-331
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About this book

In ancient times foods fermented with lactic acid bacteria already constituted an important part of the human diet. From then on, lactic acid bacteria have played an essential role in the preservation of food raw materials and have contributed to the nutritional, organoleptic and health properties of human food products and animal feed. The important function that lactic acid bacteria still have in the production of foods all over the world has resulted in a growing scientific interest in these micro-organisms by academic research groups as well as by industry. During the last 15 years, this research has been stimulated by major internationally coordinated funding efforts that have resulted in a variety of important scientific breakthroughs and have led to new applications. Written by international experts in the field, this issue of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek documents these developments with respect to genetics, metabolism and the application of lactic acid bacteria for industrial and potential medical applications. In this book the first complete genome of a lactic acid bacterium is presented. The book will serve as a reference source and also as an indispensable source of information for further development and exploration of the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    W. N. Konings, O. P. Kuipers

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    J. H. J. Huis Veld

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetics, Metabolism and Applications

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on lactic acid bacteria: genetics, metabolism and applications, 19–23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

  • Editors: W. N. Konings, O. P. Kuipers, J. H. J. Huis Veld

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2027-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5953-1Published: 30 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5312-1Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2027-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 413

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology, Plant Sciences, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Food Science

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