Lactic acid bacteria

An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in microbial biotechnology Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria):Wikipedia This page on the lactic acid group of bacteria is heavy on taxonomy. This webpage describes the major taxonomic and metabolic features of lactic acid bacteria. Twelve reasons to know about lactic acid bacteria Lactic acid bacteria are important in food and also aid in our health and can prevent infections of food by undesirable bacteria. This article focuses on lactic acid fermentations, that are critical for producing pickles, sauerkraut, cheeses, yogurt, soy sauce, and other foods. This commercial website offers a reasonable overview of the lactic acid bacteria and their industrial utility. This review article discusses new generation biotechnological applications for lactic acid bacteria, including the production of polylactides. This study identified bee honey crop and microbiota as a rich source of novel lineages of lactic acid bacteria, notably Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species. These findings have added significance with the current concern over honeybee colony collapse disorder. This paper describes the design and use of tools for modifying lactic acid bacteria. The tools are then used to make variations in the nisin biosynthetic pathway. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.