PCR amplification of the gene acmA differentiates Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and L. lactis subsp. cremoris

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5151-5153

  Garde, Sonia ^a   Babin, Mar ^a   Gaya, Pilar ^a   Nuñez, Manuel ^a   Medina, Margarita ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0032702688     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5151-5153.1999     Document Type: Article

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