Regulation of exopolysaccharide production by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris by the sugar source

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5003-5008

  Looijesteijn, Petronella J ^a   Boels, Ingeborg C ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0032703239     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5003-5008.1999     Document Type: Article

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