Esterase activities of intracellular extracts of wild strains of lactic acid bacteria isolated from Serra da Estrela cheese

Food Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-381

  Macedo, Angela C ^a,b   Tavares, Tânia G ^a   Malcata, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cheese ripening; Dairy foods; Enzyme activity; Starter nonstarter culture

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 0037409127     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00453-3     Document Type: Article

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