Microbial Vitamins and Carotenoids in Food Biotechnology

Microbial Vitamins and Carotenoids in Food Biotechnology: Novel Source and Potential Applications provides important insights to help readers understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the microbial biosynthesis of vitamins and carotenoids. The book's chapters put forward all the latest advancements concerning the production and applications of microbial vitamins and carotenoids. It also provides a sustainable alternative to chemically synthesized compounds and presents wide coverage on the most promising sources of vitamins and carotenoids in food and pharmaceutical industries. This is a complete and unique resource beneficial for the scientific communities as well as food science and nutrition research students.

• Thoroughly explores biotechnological approaches surrounding the production and application of microbial vitamins and carotenoids in food processing and manufacturing industries
• Covers the major portion of novel source and various biotechnological approaches used for the production of various types of vitamins and carotenoids from microorganisms and their applications in food industry
• Contains up-to-date information required for the formulations of new products or protocols for enhancing production of specific compounds