title: The long and winding road from the research laboratory to industrial applications of lactic acid bacteria.
abstract: Research innovations are constantly occurring in universities, research institutions and industrial research laboratories. These are reported in the scientific literature and presented to the scientific community in various congresses and symposia as well as through direct contacts and collaborations. Conversion of these research results to industrially useful innovations is, however, considerably more complex than generally appreciated. The long and winding road from the research laboratory to industrial applications will be illustrated with two recent examples from Chr. Hansen A/S: the implementation in industrial scale of a new production technology based on respiration by Lactococcus lactis and the introduction to the market of L. lactis strains constructed using recombinant DNA technology.
authors.affiliation: Research, Development and Application, Chr. Hansen A/S, 10-12 Bøge Allé, DK2970 Hørsholm, Denmark.
authors.forename: Martin Bastian
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Stig Lykke
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: Kim Ib
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johansen
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D003611:Dairy Products; D005285:Fermentation; D019649:Food Industry; D017045:Lactococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified / Q000378:metabolism*; D012106:Research