TY - CHAP AU - Jesús Alejandro Aldrete-Tapia AU - Dalia Elizabeth Miranda-Castilleja AU - Sofia Maria Arvizu-Medrano AU - Ramón Álvar Martínez-Peniche AU - Lourdes Soto-Muñoz AU - Montserrat Hernández-Iturriaga ED - Rosa Lidia Solís-Oviedo ED - Ángel de la Cruz Pech-Canul Y1 - 2018-12-18 PY - 2018 T1 - Pursuing the Perfect Performer of Fermented Beverages: GMMs vs. Microbial Consortium N2 - From time immemorial fermented foods have undoubtedly contributed to the progress of modern societies. Historically, ferments have been present in virtually all human cultures worldwide, and nowadays natives from many ancient cultures still conduct a wide variety of food fermentations using deep-rooted recipes and processes. Within the last four centuries, scientific research has started to unravel many aspects of the biological process behind fermentations, which has contributed to the improvement of many industrial processes. During our journey in the research field, we have always been attracted to the development of scientific research around fermentations, especially autochthonous ferments: a natural repository of novel biomolecules and biological processes that will positively impact on many application fields from health, to food, to materials. BT - Frontiers and New Trends in the Science of Fermented Food and Beverages SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81616 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.81616 SN - 978-1-78985-496-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -