List of Contributors

K. Abraham Peele
Department of Biotechnology, Vignan's Foundation for Science
Technology & Research, Vadlamudi
Andhra Pradesh, India

Carlos Alberto Acosta-Saldívar
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreón
Coahuila, Mexico

Cristobal Noe Aguilar
Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Research Group, Food Research Department
School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo
Coahuila, Mexico

Pedro Aguilar-Zárate
Engineering Department, Tecnológico Nacional de México/I. T. de Ciudad Valles
Ciudad Valles
San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Shayma Thyab Gddoa Al-Sahlany
Department of Food Science College of Agriculture University of Basrah
Basra City, Iraq

Ayodeji Amobonye
Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Durban University of Technology
Durban, South Africa

Christiana Eleojo Aruwa
Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Durban University of Technology, Durban
South Africa and Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences
Federal University of Technology
Akure, Nigeria

Mubeen Ashraf
Department of Microbiology
University of Central Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan

Nagamani Balagurusamy
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreón
Coahuila, Mexico

Victor Emmanuel Balderas-Hernández
División de Biología Molecular
Instituto Potosino de
Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A. C. San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Deepika Baranwal
Department of Home Science
Arya Mahila PG College
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India

Shashi Kant Bhatia
Department of Biological Engineering
College of Engineering
Konkuk University
Seoul, South Korea

Susana Calderón-Toledo
Laboratorio de Biología Molecular
Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Lima, Peruz

Christian Iván Cano-Gómez
Tecnológico Nacional de México/IT de Ciudad Valles, Ciudad Valles
San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Iara Nobre Carmona
Department of Forest Sciences
University of São Paulo - Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, USP - ESALQ, Piracicaba
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tania Castillo
Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico

Mónica L. Chávez-González
Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Research Group, Food Research Department
School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo
Coahuila, Mexico

Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
College of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Whyara Karoline Almeida da Costa
Laboratory of Microbial Processes in Foods
Department of Food Engineering
Center of Technology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa
Paraíba, Brazil

Michele Greque de Morais
Laboratory of Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Chemistry and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Paulo Renato Souza de Oliveira
Department of Forest Sciences
University of São Paulo - Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, USP - ESALQ, Piracicaba
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Claucia Fernanda Volken de Souza
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates
Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Biotechnology Graduate Program
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gauri Garg Dhingra
Department of Zoology
Kirori Mal College
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Ananias Francisco Dias Júnior
Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences
Federal University of Espírito Santo, UFES, Jerônimo Monteiro
Espírito Santo, Brazil

Alvaro Díaz-Barrera
Escuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile

Ankita Dua
Department of Zoology, Shivaji College
University of Delhi, Raja Garden
New Delhi, India

Genesis Escobedo-Morales
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreón
Coahuila, Mexico

Karina Maldonado-Ruiz Esparza
Department of Chemical, Industrial and Food Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe
Mexico City, Mexico

Alexis García
School of Food Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Universidad del Valle, TuluáValle del Cauca, Colombia

Adriano Gennari
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates
Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Biotechnology Graduate Program
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Javier Ulises Hernández-Beltrán
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreón
Coahuila, Mexico

Nazim Hussain
Center for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB)
University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan

M. Indira
Department of Biotechnology
Vignan's Foundation for Science
Technology & Research, Vadlamudi
Andhra Pradesh, India

Nida Khaliq
Department of Microbiology
University of Central Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan

S. Krupanidhi
Department of Biotechnology
Vignan's Foundation for Science
Technology & Research, Vadlamudi
Andhra Pradesh, India

Vinay Kumar
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus
OH, USA

Roshan Kumar
Post-Graduate Department of Zoology
Magadh University, Bodh Gaya
Bihar, India

Daniel Neutzling Lehn
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates
Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fernanda Leonhardt
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Liliana Londoño
BIOTICS Group, School of Basic Sciences
Technology and Engineering
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD
Bogota, Colombia

Miriam Paulina Luévanos-Escareño
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreón
Coahuila, Mexico

Marciane Magnani
Laboratory of Microbial Processes in Foods
Department of Food Engineering
Center of Technology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa
Paraíba, Brazil

Tehreem Mahmood
Department of Biotechnology
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad, Pakistan

Arundhati Mehta
Department of Biotechnology
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
Chhattisgarh, India

Alejandro Mendez-Zavala
Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Saltillo
Coahuila, Mexico

Mariela R. Michel
Engineering Department
Tecnológico Nacional de México/I. T. de Ciudad Valles, Ciudad Valles
San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Julio Montañez
Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Saltillo
Coahuila, Mexico

Lourdes Morales-Oyervides
Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Saltillo
Coahuila, Mexico

Juliana Botelho Moreira
Laboratory of Microbiology and Biochemistry
College of Chemistry and Food Engineering
Federal University of Rio Grande Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Diana B. Muñiz-Márquez
Facultad de Estudios Profesionales Zona Huasteca, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Ciudad Valles
San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Alaa Kareem Niamah
Department of Food Science
College of Agriculture, University of Basrah
Basra City, Iraq

Aeshna Nigam
Department of Zoology, Shivaji College
University of Delhi, Raja Garden
New Delhi, India

Graziela Barbosa Paludo
Food Biotechnology Laboratory
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates
Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil and Biotechnology Graduate Program
University of Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Satya Narayan Patel
Center of Innovative...