1 -glucans from microbial sources: an introduction and overview of
their use in the food industry (Dr. Sirajunnisa et al.).- 2 Xanthan gum:
microbial production, characterization and applications (Prof.Kianoush
Khosravi-Darani, Professor of Food Biotechnology,National Nutrition and Food
Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, P. O. Box 19395-4741, Tehran, Iran;
[email protected]).- 3 Curdlan
biosynthesis, production, and applications (Dr. Zhang, Tianjin Institute of
Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China;
[email protected]).- 4 Gellan Gum: Biosynthesis and Applications (T.P.
West, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
75429, USA;
[email protected]).- 5 Pullulan: a -glucan from a beneficial
fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans.- (Yuvaraj Ravikumar, School of Food and
Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013,
Jiangsu, China;
[email protected]).- 6 Microalgae derived -glucan:
producers, biosynthesis, and role in the food industry (Juliana Botelho
Moreira, Laboratory of Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Chemistry
and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, P.O. Box 474, Rio
Grande 96203-900, RS, Brazil;
[email protected]).- 7 Yeast as the
source of microbial -glucan (Won Je Jang, Biopharmaceutical Engineering
Major, Division of Applied Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340,
Republic of Korea;
[email protected]).- 8 Combination of microbial -glucan
with other polymers for biobased film development (Gargi Dey, Biotechnology
Department, KIIT University, Orissa, India;
[email protected]).- 9 Recent
Advances in the directed evolution of -glucans producing enzymes (Tom
Desmet, Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology,
Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
[email protected]).- 10 Extraction of Beta-Glucan from Microbial
Byproducts: Processes and Technological Potential (Ailton Cesar Lemes,
Departamento de Engenharia Bioquímica - Escola de Química, Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil;
[email protected]).- 11
Nanotechnology and -glucans: a conjugation for better benefits in packaging
and preservation (Geethalakshmi Ramakrishnan, Bionanoparticles Laboratory,
Centre of Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, 600025, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India;
[email protected]).- 12 -glucans as the potential resources
in food packaging and preserving applications (Vlatka Petravi-Tominac,
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology,
Department of Biochemical Engineering, Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering,
Industrial Microbiology and Malt and Beer Technology, Pierottijeva 6, 10000
Zagreb, Croatia;
[email protected]).- 13 Commercial -glucans food products -
Biosafety, environmental implications, current legal status, and its future
perspectives (Adam Shahul Hameed, Biofuels Laboratory, Centre of
Biotechnology, Anna University, Guindy, 600025, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India;
[email protected]).
Prof. Ramesh C. Ray, Ph.D., is an agriculture and food microbiologist, author, editor, and is currently serving as an adjunct professor in industrial biotechnology at Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA), deemed to be a University, Bhubaneswar, India. He is a former distinguished member of the Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and Head of the Regional Centre, ICARCentral Tuber Crops Research Institute at Bhubaneswar, India.
Dr. Sirajunnisa Abdul Razack, PhD, PDF, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. She has nearly fifteen years of research experience, including post-doctoral fellowships awarded by Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Pukyong National University, South Korea.
Dr. Yuvaraj Ravikumar, Ph.D, PDF, is a biochemist and computational biologist, author, and review editor, and is currently serving as an Associate Professor in the biotechnology department at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He is a Visiting Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand and has nearly eleven years of research experience, including post-doctoral fellowships awarded by Incheon National University, South Korea, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Jiangsu University, China.
