Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West

JP Tamang, PD Cotter, A Endo, NS Han… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fermented foods and alcoholic beverages have long been an important part of the human
diet in nearly every culture on every continent. These foods are often well‐preserved and …

Current insights into fungal species diversity and perspective on naming the environmental DNA sequences of fungi

B Wu, M Hussain, W Zhang, M Stadler, X Liu, M Xiang - Mycology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The global bio-diversity of fungi has been extensively investigated and their species number
has been estimated. Notably, the development of molecular phylogeny has revealed an …

Fruit waste: A current perspective for the sustainable production of pharmacological, nutraceutical, and bioactive resources

SP Sha, D Modak, S Sarkar, SK Roy, SP Sah… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fruits are crucial components of a balanced diet and a good source of natural antioxidants,
that have proven efficacy in various chronic illnesses. Various kinds of waste generated from …

“Ethno‐microbiology” of ethnic Indian fermented foods and alcoholic beverages

JP Tamang - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The concept of “ethno‐microbiology” is to understand the indigenous knowledge of the
Indian people for production of culturally and organoleptically acceptable fermented foods …

Unraveling the contribution of high temperature stage to Jiang-flavor Daqu, a liquor starter for production of Chinese Jiang-flavor Baijiu, with special reference to …

Z Yi, Y Jin, Y Xiao, L Chen, L Tan, A Du, K He… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Jiang-flavor (JF) daqu is a liquor starter used for production of JF baijiu, a well-known
distilled liquor in China. Although a high temperature stage (70° C) is necessary for …

Diversity of beneficial microorganisms and their functionalities in community-specific ethnic fermented foods of the Eastern Himalayas

JP Tamang, K Jeyaram, AK Rai… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan have more than 200
varieties of unsurpassed ethnic fermented foods and alcoholic beverages, which are lesser …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in microbial communities and their predictive functionalities during fermentation of toddy, an alcoholic beverage of India

S Das, JP Tamang - Microbiological Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Toddy is a traditional mild-alcoholic drink of India, which is produced from fresh palm saps
by natural fermentation. We studied the successional changes in bacterial and fungal …

Developing a novel selection method for alcoholic fermentation starters by exploring wine yeast microbiota from Greece

AP Tzamourani, V Taliadouros… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The selection of native yeast for alcoholic fermentation in wine focuses on ensuring the
success of the process and promoting the quality of the final product. The purpose of this …

Diversity of filamentous fungi isolated from some amylase and alcohol-producing starters of India

A Anupma, JP Tamang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Filamentous fungi are important organisms in traditionally prepared amylase and alcohol-
producing dry starters in India. We collected 40 diverse types of amylase and alcohol …

Mycobiome diversity in traditionally prepared starters for alcoholic beverages in India by high-throughput sequencing method

SP Sha, MV Suryavanshi, JP Tamang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chowan, dawdim, humao, hamei, khekhrii, and phut are sun-dried starters used for
preparation of alcoholic beverages in North East regions of India. We attempted to profile the …