Food additives and colorants are extensively used in the food industry to improve food
quality and safety during processing, storage and packing. Sourcing of these molecules is …

Vitamins are a group of essential nutrients that are necessary to maintain normal metabolic
activities and optimal health. There are wide applications of different vitamins in food …

Reactive crystallization is not new, but there has been recent growth in its use as a means of
improving performance and sustainability of industrial processes. This review examines …

Riboflavin is an essential nutrient for humans and animals, and its derivatives flavin
mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) are cofactors in the cells …

Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

Over the past several decades, the use of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs,
often referred to as Genetically Modified Microorganisms or GMMs) has become widespread …

Adaptive laboratory evolution has proven highly effective for obtaining microorganisms with
enhanced capabilities. Yet, this method is inherently restricted to the traits that are positively …

Fermentation as a production method for chemicals is especially attractive, as it is based on
cheap renewable raw materials and often exhibits advantages in terms of costs and …

Nucleotidases (EC 3.1. 3.5) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic dephosphorylation of
5′-ribonucleotides and 5′-deoxyribonucleotides to their respective nucleosides and …

Riboflavin is widely used as a food additive. Here, multiple strategies were used to increase
riboflavin production in Escherichia coli LS31T. First, purR deletion and co-overexpression …