Research note: Unsuitability of the MRS medium for the screening of hydrogen peroxide-producing lactic acid bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-74

  Rodriguez J M ^a   Martinez M I ^a   Suarez A M ^a   Martinez J M ^a   Hernandez P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXIDATION;

BUFFER PH; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; DISTILLED WATER; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BUFFER; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030745723     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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