Lactic acid bacteria of foods and their current taxonomy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-29

  Stiles, Michael E ^a   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Biopreservation; Carnobacterium; Enterococcus; Lactic acid isomers; Lactobacillus; Lactococcus; Leuconostoc; Oenococcus; Pediococcus; Phenotypic properties; Phylogeny; Protective cultures; Spoilage; Starter cultures; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CARNOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OENOCOCCUS; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY; TETRAGENOCOCCUS; VAGOCOCCUS; WEISELLA;

ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CARNOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; OENOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TETRAGENOCOCCUS; VAGOCOCCUS; WEISELLA; WEISSELLA;

EID: 0030902941     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01233-0     Document Type: Review

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