Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5520930 Current Opinion in Food Science 2017 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Bioinformatics tools have been developed to provide information on microbe diversity.•Shotgun metagenomics is a promising approach to discover the functions of microbiota.•Data generated through a multi-omics approach can improve the knowledge on what happens in food.

The new frontiers of microbial ecology are concerned pertain to what microbes are do in a complex ecosystem, such as food, and how the environmental conditions (e.g., changes in the process parameters, storage temperature, the addition of a starter culture and changes in ingredients) can affect the development and functioning of microbiota. A multi-omics approach can help researchers to obtain an unprecedented insight into the mechanisms that can affect the final characteristics of products, in term of organoleptic proprieties, as well as safety.

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