Background Currently, there is a growing interest in the identification of new molecules that
promote health and exhibit potential for technological applications. Prebiotics are functional …

The microbial co-cultures or consortia are a natural set of microorganisms formed from
different species or the same species but different strains, in which members can interact …

The application of microbial co-cultures is now recognized in the fields of biotechnology,
ecology, and medicine. Understanding the biological interactions that govern the …

Background The prebiotic properties of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are well documented.
The high demand of functional food by the food, pharmaceutical and biotechnology …

From biosynthesis to bioremediation, microbes have been engineered to address a variety
of biotechnological applications. A promising direction in these endeavors is harnessing the …

Oligosaccharides are important ingredients for food and feed products. There has therefore
been much interest in the development of biocatalytic processes for their production …

The application of artificial microbial consortia for biotechnological production processes is
an emerging field in research as it offers great potential for the improvement of established …

Highlights•Synthetic microbial consortia extend the scope of metabolic engineering.•Division
of labor between subpopulations of a consortium may outperform monocultures.•Synthetic …

Lignocellulosic agricultural waste has the potential to be converted into several value-added
products such as biofuels, oligosaccharides, organic acids, and other chemicals. Among …

Fructooligosaccharides can be produced by direct enzymatic conversion from sucrose-rich
sugarcane syrup (SS) consisting of 58.93% sucrose yielding 21.28 g FOS/100 g sucrose …