Future access and improvement of industrial lactic acid bacteria cultures

Microbial Cell Factories

Commentary

Eric Johansen¹ 

[1] Chr Hansen A/S, 10-12 Bøge Allé, Dk2970, Hørsholm, Denmark;

关键词: Fermentation;    Biodiversity;    Evolution;    Nagoya Protocol;    Biotechnology;    Mutagenesis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12934-017-0851-1

 received in 2017-11-13, accepted in 2017-12-15,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Industrial fermentations based on micro-organisms such as the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play an important role in several industries globally and represent multi-billion Euro/dollar businesses. LAB provide a natural way to produce safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly products for a variety of industries. Product innovation is a key requirement for these industries to survive and grow globally. However, the development of new products may be affected by two man-made constraints; the Nagoya Protocol on benefit sharing and the opposition to the use of modern biotechnology for strain improvement. An expert workshop was held in Amsterdam, May 10–11, 2017 to discuss these challenges; a number of conclusions and recommendations were formulated and will be presented herein.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2017