Vincenzina FuscoVincenzina Fusco, PhD is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production of the National Research Council (CNR-ISPA) of Italy in Bari since 2007, after receiving her magna cum laude master degree in Sciences of Food Productions an her PhD in Sciences and Technologies of Agri-Food Productions, and her Italian Official License for the profession of Food Technologist at the University of Naples Federico II. Dr. Fusco's research expertise is on food microbiology, mainly dealing with the isolation, molecular and technological characterization of indigenous probiotic lactic acid bacteria for their use as starter or adjunct in (probiotic) fermented milk and dairy products as well as the quantitative detection, genetic, genomic and phenotypic characterization of probiotic, technological, alterative, and foodborne pathogenic bacteria in foods. Scopus Author ID: 8639175700. Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5608-7657 Read More Read Less