Esterase activities of cell-free extracts from 'wild' strains of leuconostocs and heterofermentative lactobacilli isolated from traditional Greek cheese

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-370

  Vafopoulou Mastrojiannaki, A ^a   Litopoulou Tzanetaki, E ^a   Tzanetakis, N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; LACTIC ACID;

CELL-FREE EXTRACTS; ESTERASE ACTIVITIES; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; SHORTER CHAINS; SYNTHETIC SUBSTRATES;

ESTERS;

ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREECE; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC;

EID: 0030444471     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01338.x     Document Type: Article

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