High-throughput bacterial screening

The revolution in genomics and other high-throughput technologies have increased the rate of starter culture development enormously:

• Strains can be screened for ‘hidden potentials’, in particular for strains producing
  increased amounts of vitamins. 
• In addition bottlenecks in the fermentation process such as limited biomass
  production can be identified and overcome by using genomics technology involving
  complete coverage of the bacterial genome.

By combining these techniques, up to 100-fold higher controlled natural production (several mg/l instead of the usual 10 to100 µg) of multiple B-vitamins by the bacteria of choice can be achieved.