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  • 1993 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Baltasar Mayo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain, contributing primarily to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses largely on Food Science, alongside significant work in Plant Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Agricultural safety and regulations
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Vitamin K Research Studies
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

The scientist's recent publications span various aspects of food science and safety, including the following works:

  • "Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West," 2020, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • "Guidance on the renewal of the authorisation of feed additives," 2021, EFSA Journal
  • "Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the users," 2023, EFSA Journal
  • "Microbial Interactions within the Cheese Ecosystem and Their Application to Improve Quality and Safety," 2021, Foods
  • "Guidance on the assessment of the efficacy of feed additives," 2024, EFSA Journal

Their co-authorship record includes collaboration with researchers such as Birgit Dusemund, Henrik Christensen, Marta López-Alonso, Giovanna Azimonti, and Francesca Marcon, each contributing to a substantial number of shared publications.

The primary publication venues where their research appears frequently include:

  • EFSA Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Food Risk Assess Europe

Baltasar Mayo was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms used as feed additives or as production organisms

    Efsa Panel on Additives;Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Selection criteria for lactic acid bacteria to be used as functional starter cultures in dry sausage production: An update

    Mohammed Salim Ammor;Baltasar Mayo

  • Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West

    Jyoti Prakash Tamang;Paul D. Cotter;Akihito Endo;Nam Soo Han

  • Antibiotic resistance in non-enterococcal lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria

    Mohammed Salim Ammor;Ana Belén Flórez;Baltasar Mayo

  • Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the target species

    Efsa Panel on Additives;Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the consumer.

    Efsa Panel on Additives;Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Guidance on the identity, characterisation and conditions of use of feed additives.

    Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina;Giovanna Azimonti;Vasileios Bampidis

  • Guidance on the assessment of the efficacy of feed additives.

    Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina;Giovanna Azimonti;Vasileios Bampidis

  • Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment.

    Vasileios Bampidis;Maria Bastos;Henrik Christensen;Birgit Dusemund

  • Viability and diversity of probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium populations included in commercial fermented milks

    Miguel Gueimonde;Susana Delgado;Baltasar Mayo;Patricia Ruas-Madiedo

  • Equol: A Bacterial Metabolite from The Daidzein Isoflavone and Its Presumed Beneficial Health Effects

    Baltasar Mayo;Lucía Vázquez;Lucía Vázquez;Ana Belén Flórez;Ana Belén Flórez

  • Assessment of the microbial diversity of Brazilian kefir grains by PCR-DGGE and pyrosequencing analysis.

    A.M.O. Leite;B. Mayo;C.T.C.C. Rachid;R.S. Peixoto

  • Probiotic potential of selected lactic acid bacteria strains isolated from Brazilian kefir grains

    A.M.O. Leite;M.A.L. Miguel;R.S. Peixoto;P. Ruas-Madiedo

  • Microbiological Survey of the Human Gastric Ecosystem Using Culturing and Pyrosequencing Methods

    Susana Delgado;Raúl Cabrera-Rubio;Alex Mira;Adolfo Suárez

  • Antibiotic susceptibility of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species from the human gastrointestinal tract.

    Susana Delgado;Ana Belén Flórez;Baltasar Mayo

  • Detection, purification, and partial characterization of plantaricin C, a bacteriocin produced by a Lactobacillus plantarum strain of dairy origin.

    B González;P Arca;B Mayo;J E Suárez

  • Impact of Next Generation Sequencing Techniques in Food Microbiology

    Baltasar Mayo;Caio T. C. C Rachid;Ángel Alegría;Analy M. O Leite

  • Molecular characterization of intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria.

    Mohammed Salim Ammor;Ana Belén Flórez;Angela H.A.M. van Hoek;Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of lactic acid bacteria isolated from a cheese environment.

    Ana Belén Flórez;Susana Delgado;Baltasar Mayo

  • Microbial diversity and succession during the manufacture and ripening of traditional, Spanish, blue-veined Cabrales cheese, as determined by PCR-DGGE.

    Ana Belén Flórez;Baltasar Mayo

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Edoardo Villa
Roberto Edoardo Villa University of Milan
Henrik Christensen
Henrik Christensen University of Copenhagen
Yolanda Sanz
Yolanda Sanz Spanish National Research Council
Pier Sandro Cocconcelli
Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Lieve Herman
Lieve Herman Flemish Community
Noël Dierick
Noël Dierick Ghent University
Susana Delgado
Susana Delgado Spanish National Research Council
Lucio G. Costa
Lucio G. Costa University of Washington
Sirpa Kärenlampi
Sirpa Kärenlampi University of Eastern Finland

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