Novel characteristic for distinguishing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis from subsp. cremoris

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Nomura, Masaru ^a   Kimoto, Hiromi ^a   Someya, Yukio ^a   Suzuki, Ichirou ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate decarboxylase; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactococcus lactis; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEESE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032964544     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-1-163     Document Type: Article

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