菌类作为食物的食物
Jonathan D Heale1, Alex J Pate1, Paul S Dyer2
1School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology
|September 10, 2025
概括
包括酵母和模具在内的真菌对于通过发酵,直接消费以及作为食品添加剂来源的全球粮食生产至关重要. 本综述强调了全球各种食品系统中真菌应用的最新研究.
科学领域:
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 在许多食品产品和过程中发挥着至关重要的作用,包括发酵,直接消费 (果实体,菌根体) 和食品添加剂的生产.
- 酵母和食用模具是全球粮食生产的组成部分,即使在传统上不食用的文化中,由于它们在各种发酵过程中使用.
- 虽然许多工业真菌种植被选择和化,但野生菌株仍然被利用,特别是当种植具有挑战性或通过传统方法时.
研究的目的:
- 在食品生产中提供真菌 (酵母和丝状真菌) 的各种应用的全面概述.
- 专注于过去十年在真菌食品应用方面的研究成果和进步.
- 捕捉真菌食物系统的全球范围,包括历史上研究不足的地区.
主要方法:
- 文献综述专注于过去十年的研究.
- 对各种基质 (乳制品,肉类,植物物质) 发酵中的真菌应用进行分析.
- 考虑在产生分泌酶和食品添加剂时使用真菌.
- 对真菌果实体和菌蛋白的种植和收获方法的审查.
主要成果:
- 被广泛用于发酵各种食品基质,特别是乳制品,还有肉类和植物产品.
- 重要的应用包括分泌酶和各种食品添加剂的生产.
- 培养和收获真菌果实体和菌蛋白是重要的食品生产途径.
- 该综述包括来自所有有人居住的大陆的例子,涉及研究不足的真菌食物系统.
结论:
- 在现代和传统的食品生产中,真菌是不可或缺的,它提供了从发酵到直接消费和成分生产的多功能应用.
- 最近的研究强调了真菌在开发新型食品和可持续食品系统方面的不断扩大的作用.
- 对全球真菌资源的持续探索对于创新和了解多样化的食物文化至关重要.
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