Food Chemistry & Science

Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
Safe and Sustainable Food Production

Editors: Guadalupe Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón, PhD
Arely Prado-Barragan, PhD
José Luis Martínez-Hernández, PhD
Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD

Food Microbiology and Biotechnology

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Pub Date: July 2020
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Hard ISBN: 9781771888387
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-487-5
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E-Book ISBN: 9780429322341
Pages: 478pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback/paperback/ebook
Notes: 4 color and 27 b/w illustrations


Reviews
“An exceptional piece of work. The editors have selectively chosen the chapters covering different aspects of food microbiology and biotechnology, giving a special emphasis on the challenges that the industry faces in the era of sustainable development and food security problems. A useful guide for researchers and a quick reference for food technologists on the latest topics in food microbiology and biotechnology, including food bioprocesses, fermentation, food microbiology, functional foods, nutraceuticals, and extraction of natural products, nano- and micro-technology, innovative processes/bioprocesses for utilization of by-products, alternative processes requiring less energy or water etc.”
—Shiburaj Sugathan PhD, Senior Scientist and Head, Microbiology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Kerala, India

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Food Microbiology and Biotechnology: Safe and Sustainable Food Production explores the most important advances in food microbiology and biotechnology, with special emphasis on the challenges that the industry faces in the era of sustainable development and food security problems.

Chapters cover broad research areas that offer original and novel highlights in microbiology and biotechnology and other related sciences. The authors discuss food bioprocesses, fermentation, food microbiology, functional foods, nutraceuticals, extraction of natural products, nano- and micro-technology, innovative processes/bioprocesses for utilization of by-products, alternative processes requiring less energy or water, among other topics. The volume relates some of the current developments in food microbiology that address the relationship between the production, processing, service and consumption of foods and beverages with the bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, and immunology.

Demonstrating the potential and actual developments across the innovative advances in food microbiology and biotechnology, this volume will be of great interest to students, teachers, and researchers in the areas of biotechnology and food microbiology.

Key features:
  • Describes the technological aspects involved in food biotechnology and food microbiology
  • Provides qualitative and quantitative information on new techniques in food microbiology and biotechnology
  • Considers techniques to retain and enhance the nutritional quality of foods
  • Looks at the challenges in providing safe food products by providing information on novel methods and strategies

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
1. Hurdle Technologies for the Control of Microbial Growth in Food
Addi Rhode Navarro-Cruz, Ra


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Guadalupe Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón, PhD
Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico

Guadalupe Virginia Nev

Arely Prado-Barragan, PhD
Research Professor, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa Campus, Mexico

Arely Prado-Barragan, PhD, is a Research Professor at Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa Campus (UAMI), Mexico, where she is a member of the research group in solid-state fermentation of the Department of Biotechnology. She has been a member of the National Outstanding Researchers System of Mexico since 1999 and of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2016. Dr. Prado-Barragan conducted two research stays—at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and at the University of Provence in Marseille, France. She has published several articles in indexed journals, four books, several chapters, and two lab-teaching manuals. Her current research includes metabolites production by fermentative processes, valorization of agroindustry by-products, and characterization and application of bioactive molecules in pharmaceutical and food industries. She has been leader of national and international projects such as the “Biotransformation of by-products from fruit and vegetables processing industry into valuable bioproducts,” sponsored by the European Union. She is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Mexican Association of Food Science, and the Mexican Academy of Research and Teaching in Chemical Engineering, and is the current President of the program the Science behind Food. Dr. Prado-Barragan earned her MSc degree in Food Engineering and obtained a diploma in flavor release and her MPh and PhD degrees from the Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science at the University of Nottingham, England.

José Luis Martínez-Hernández, PhD
Research Scientist and Full Professor, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico

José Luis Martínez-Hernández, PhD, is a Research Scientist and Full Professor at the School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico. He is a research fellow research of the nanobioscience group and food science and technology group. He has experience of more than 25 years and is recognized for developing different fermentative processes for obtaining fungal enzymes and metabolites applied in the food an agroindustry and for his leadership experience in the areas of biotechnology, nanobioscience processes, micro- and nano-immobilization, and enzyme technology. Dr. Martínez-Hernández earned his MSc in biotechnology and his PhD in technical sciences with a focus on bioprocesses and biotechnology from the Superior Polytechnical Institute Jose A. Echeverria in Havana, Cuba. Recently he was director of the office of technological innovation and training in the School of Chemistry at UAdeC where he is head of the PhD program in food science and technology. He has participated actively in the Mexican Association of Food Science and Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD
Full Professor and Dean, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, México

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Full Professor and Dean of the School of Chemistry at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 160 papers published in indexed journals, more than 40 articles in Mexican journals, as well as 16 book chapters, eight Mexican books, four international books, 34 proceedings, and more than 250 contributions in scientific meetings. Professor Aguilar is a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (SNI) and has received several prizes and awards for his work. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science, the International Bioprocessing Association (IFIBiop), and several other scientific societies and associations. Dr. Aguilar has developed more than 21 research projects, including six international exchange projects. He earned his MSc degree in Food Science and Biotechnology at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico. His PhD degree in Fermentation Biotechnology was awarded by the Autonomous University of Metropolitana, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar also performed postdoctoral work at the Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Microbiology at Research Institute for Development (IRD) in Marseille, France.




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