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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821259703321

Autore

Hutkins Robert W (Robert Wayne)

Titolo

Microbiology and technology of fermented foods / / Robert W. Hutkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Chicago, Ill.?], : IFT Press

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-281-76660-7

9786611766603

0-470-27751-3

0-470-27624-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Collana

IFT Press series

Disciplina

664/.024

Soggetti

Fermented foods

Fermented foods - Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Microorganisms and metabolism -- Starter cultures -- Cultured dairy products -- Cheese -- Meat fermentation -- Fermented vegetables -- Bread fermentation -- Beer fermentation -- Wine fermentation -- Vinegar fermentation -- Fermentation of foods in the orient.

Sommario/riassunto

While many food science programs offer courses in the microbiology and processing of fermented foods, no recently published texts exist that fully address the subject. Food fermentation professionals and researchers also have lacked a single book that covers the latest advances in biotechnology, bioprocessing, and microbial genetics, physiology, and taxonomy. In Microbiology and Technology of Fermented Foods, Robert Hutkins has written the first text on food fermentation microbiology in a generation. This authoritative volume also serves as a comprehensive and contemporary referen