Isolation of Penicillium nalgiovense strains impaired in penicillin production by disruption of the pcbAB gene and application as starters on cured meat products

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-726

  Laich, Federico ^a   Fierro, Francisco ^a,b   Martin, Juan F ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SCIENCE; FUNGUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CECINA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM NALGIOVENSE;

EID: 0041704606     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095375620300769X     Document Type: Article

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