Molecular ecology of Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophage infections in a cheese factory

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3144-3150

  Bruttin, Anne ^a   Desiere, Frank ^a   D'Amico, Nicola ^a   Guérin, Jean Pierre ^a   Sidoti, Josette ^a   Huni, Boris ^a   Lucchini, Sacha ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEESE; FOOD PROCESSING; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030851406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3144-3150.1997     Document Type: Article

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