Lactobacillus amylovorus and Improved Starch Degradation Potential

• Long-read, multi-amplicon sequencing to explore genetic diversity associated with starch degrading phenotypes in amylolytic Lactobacillaceae.

  • 2025-03-26
  • Frontiers in microbiology 16
  • • Sandra A Olivier
    • Michelle K Bull
    • John P Bowman
    • Tom Ross
    • Belinda Chapman

  • PubMed: 40207158
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1548052

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Starch Degradation Potential

  • Low evidence

  Characterizing starch-degrading Lactobacillaceae and associated enzymes remains relevant as various industries seek to harness their activity to produce valuable by-products, develop novel food applications, and to aid the sustainable bioconversion of starch-rich resources.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small