Glenn Gibson Explained

Glenn R. Gibson is professor of food microbiology at the University of Reading.^[1] He co-coined the term prebiotics in a 1995 scientific paper.^{[2] [3]} He received his PhD in 1986 from the University of Dundee for a thesis on the subject of "The ecology and physiology of sulphate-reducing bacteria in anaerobic marine and estuarine sediments".^[4]

Selected publications

• Functional Foods: Concept to Product. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2000. (edited with Christine M. Williams)
• Handbook of Prebiotics. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2008. (edited with Marcel Roberfroid)

External links

• https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/38509365_Glenn_R_Gibson

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Glenn Gibson. University of Reading. www.reading.ac.uk. 14 November 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143934/http://www.reading.ac.uk/icmr/about/staff/icmr-g-r-gibson.aspx. live.
2. News: Professor Glenn Gibson: Getting to the guts of microbiology. SOCI. 26 April 2017. 14 November 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142015/https://www.soci.org/news/press/professor-glenn-gibson-getting-to-the-guts-of-microbiology. live.
3. Web site: The prebiotic pioneer: Prof Glenn Gibson. Stephanie Daniels. 16 May 2011. 14 November 2018. 25 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925110256/https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2011/05/17/The-prebiotic-pioneer-Prof-Glenn-Gibson. live.
4. http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01008479897 The ecology and physiology of sulphate-reducing bacteria in anaerobic marine and estuarine sediments.