Discovery radically changes understanding of how lactic acid bacteria thrive in environment Discovery could lead to healthier, tastier food and minimize food waste This hybrid energy metabolism ...

Lactic acid bacteria are essential in creating fermented foods like yogurt, cheese and sauerkraut. Certain strains are also used as probiotics to improve human gut health. Researchers at the ...

"Metabolism is Not Boring!" asserts the introduction to a recent special issue of Science (Vol 330, 3 December 2010). On the contrary, the ways in which cells obtain energy, use external nutrients, ...

Cells require energy for activities such as growth and cell division. In animals, muscle cells require energy for contracting and nerve cells require energy for transmitting nerve impulses. The energy ...

So, you have a great idea for a new fermentation-based product or ingredient, and a successful process in the lab. All that remains is to scale up to mass production. That’s just a matter of running ...

Salmonella feast on a sulfur compound that is one of the by-products of our immune response to their presence. Christopher Intagliata reports Last month's salmonella outbreak got over 1,500 people ...

Lactic acid bacteria are essential in creating fermented foods like yogurt, cheese and sauerkraut. Certain strains are also used as probiotics to improve human gut health. Researchers at the ...