Healthier dairy products with bacterial films and nanofiber membranes
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 09:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Bacterial biofilms are typically the target of heavy-duty cleaning regimens, but these films aren't always bad news. In fact, growing them on thin sheets of nanofibers is a great way to produce a fermented milk product that can deliver hardy probiotics to the digestive tract, according to research just published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.