Production of pyroglutamic acid by thermophilic lactic acid bacteria in hard-cooked mini-cheeses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2489-2496

  Mucchetti, G ^a   Locci, F ^a   Massara, P ^a   Vitale, R ^a   Neviani, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclase activity; Lactic acid bacteria; Pyroglutamic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

CHEESE; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; LACTOBACILLUS; PYROGLUTAMYL-PEPTIDASE I; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036782522     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74331-2     Document Type: Article

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