Meat Quality and Microbial Analysis II
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 13210
Special Issue Editors
Interests: meat science and technology; meat microbiology; meat quality and safety; meat flavor; microbial fermentation; functional starter cultures
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Interests: meat science and technology; food microbiology; new product development; new processing techniques; protein and lipid oxidation; meat quality; meat flavor
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Meat and meat products play an important role in one’s daily diet, due to their nutritional value, delicious flavour and desirable texture. In order to maintain the quality and safety of meat and meat products, a comprehensive understanding of microbial populations and compositions, dynamic changes and microbial interactions during processing and storage seems important. Recent advancements in microbial analysis techniques and in the roles of functional microbial strains in meat and meat products have attracted extensive attention.
Therefore, this Special Issue of Foods, entitled Meat Quality and Microbial Analysis II, invites works (original research papers or reviews) on the current state of knowledge of the subject. Specifically, this Special Issue should include, but is not limited to, the following points:
(1) Microbial ecology and microbial interactions of meat and meat products during processing and storage;
(2) Biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology of microorganisms related to the quality, fermentation, spoilage and foodborne diseases of meat and meat products;
(3) Microbial analysis and application involved in fermented meat products (including probiotics and starter cultures);
(4) Methods/techniques for microbial detection, identification and enumeration of meat and meat products.
Prof. Dr. Qian Chen
Prof. Dr. Baohua Kong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- meat and meat products
- microbial ecology
- microbial interactions
- molecular biology
- spoilage
- fermentation
- starter cultures
- bioprotective cultures
- quality characteristics
- microbial analysis
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