Identification of streptococci from Greek Kasseri cheese and description of Streptococcus macedonicus sp. nov.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 519-527

  Tsakalidou, E ^a   Zoidou, E ^a   Pot, B ^b   Wassill, L ^b   Ludwig, W ^b   Devriese, L A ^b   Kalantzopoulos, G ^a   Schleifer, K H ^b   Kersters, K ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kasseri cheese; Phenotypic analysis; Protein electrophoresis; rRNA sequencing; Streptococcus macedonicus sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031744641     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-519     Document Type: Article

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