Increasing phage resistance of cheese starters: A case study using Lactococcus lactis DPC4268

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Coffey, A ^a,b   Coakley, M ^a   McGarry, A ^b   Fitzgerald, G F ^b   Ross, R P ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEESES;

BURST SIZE; CASE-STUDIES; CHEDDAR CHEESE; CHEESE STARTERS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PHAGE TYPES;

STARTERS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHEESE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031882872     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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