title: Metabolic engineering of lactic acid bacteria for the production of industrially important compounds.
abstract: Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are receiving increased attention for use as cell factories for the production of metabolites with wide use by the food and pharmaceutical industries. The availability of efficient tools for genetic modification of LAB during the past decade permitted the application of metabolic engineering strategies at the levels of both the primary and the more complex secondary metabolism. The recent developments in the area with a focus on the production of industrially important metabolites will be discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54 124, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papagianni