Fermented soybean foods: A review of their functional components, mechanism of action and factors influencing their health benefits

Y Qiao, K Zhang, Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Sun… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
After thousands of years of evolution and development, traditional fermented soybean foods,
with their unique charm, have gained a stable place in the global market. With the explosive …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin K as a diet supplement with impact in human health: current evidence in age-related diseases

DC Simes, CSB Viegas, N Araújo, C Marreiros - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin K health benefits have been recently widely shown to extend beyond blood
homeostasis and implicated in chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases such as …

Induced calcium carbonate precipitation using Bacillus species

M Seifan, AK Samani, A Berenjian - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an emerging process for the
production of self-healing concrete. This study was aimed to investigate the effects and …

Bacterially produced vitamin K2 and its potential to generate health benefits in humans

F Bonaldo, F Leroy - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Several bacterial species associated with the human gut and with fermented
foods produce menaquinones (MK-n; vitamin K2) as part of their energy metabolism. Given …

Nattokinase: production and application

F Dabbagh, M Negahdaripour, A Berenjian… - Applied microbiology …, 2014 - Springer
Nattokinase (NK, also known as subtilisin NAT)(EC 3.4. 21.62) is one of the most
considerable extracellular enzymes produced by Bacillus subtilis natto. The main interest …

Production of vitamin K by wild-type and engineered microorganisms

MJ Kang, KR Baek, YR Lee, GH Kim, SO Seo - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that mainly exists as phylloquinone or menaquinone in
nature. Vitamin K plays an important role in blood clotting and bone health in humans. For …

New insights into the role of pH and aeration in the bacterial production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)

M Seifan, AK Samani, A Berenjian - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Over recent years, the implementation of microbially produced calcium carbonate (CaCO 3)
in different industrial and environmental applications has become an alternative for …

Microbial production of vitamin K2: current status and future prospects

L Ren, C Peng, X Hu, Y Han, H Huang - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin K2, also called menaquinone, is an essential lipid-soluble vitamin that plays a
critical role in blood clotting and prevention of osteoporosis. It has become a focus of …

Fed-batch biomolecule production by Bacillus subtilis: a state of the art review

S Öztürk, P Calik, TH Özdamar - Trends in biotechnology, 2016 - cell.com
Bacillus subtilis is a highly promising production system for various biomolecules. This
review begins with the algorithm of fed-batch operations (FBOs) and then illustrates the …

Production and application of menaquinone-7 (vitamin K2): a new perspective

E Mahdinia, A Demirci, A Berenjian - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Menaquinone-7, a highly valuable member of the vitamin K series, has significant effects on
preventing osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease besides its positive effects on blood …