Contents

• The cell membrane and the struggle for life of lactic acid bacteria
• Genetics: Discovering lactic acid bacteria by genomics
• Genome plasticity in Lactococcus lactis
• Comparative genomics of phages and prophages in lactic acid bacteria
• Regulation of antimicrobial peptide production by autoinducer-mediated quorum sensing in lactic acid bacteria
• Transcriptome analysis of Lactococcus lactis
• Gene regulation in Lactococcus lactis: the gap between predicted and characterized regulators
• Global control of sugar metabolism: a Gram-positive solution
• Metabolism: Experimental determination of glycolytic flux control in Lactococcus lactis
• Lantibiotics produced by lactic acid bacteria: structure, function and applications
• Glutamate dehydrogenase activity: a major criterion for the selection of flavour-producing lactic acid bacteria strains
• Stress responses in lactic acid bacteria
• Metabolism of lactic acid bacteria studied by nuclear magnetic resonance
• Transporters and their roles in lab cell physiology
• Metabolic engineering of lactic acid bacteria for the production of nutraceuticals
• Respiration capacity and consequences in Lactococcus lactis
• Applications: In situ Delivery of Cytokines by Genetically Engineered Lactococcus lactis
• The intestinal LABs
• Lactic acid bacteria in a changing legislative environment
• Genetically modified Streptococcus mutans for the prevention of dental caries
• Anti-hypertensive activity of fermented dairy products containing biogenic peptides
• Product development strategies for foods in the era of molecular biotechnology
• Bacteriophage resistance systems in dairy starter strains: molecular analysis to application
• Exploiting exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria
• Probiotics: an overview of beneficial effects

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