Assay procedures for commercial probiotic cultures

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Mccann, Tim ^b   Egan, Trish ^a   Weber, George H ^b  

^a Food Products Laboratory   (United States)

^b Georgetown Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Probiotic; Selection; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030039363     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.1.41     Document Type: Article

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