Microbiological characteristics of Batzos, a traditional Greek cheese from raw goat's milk

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-582

  Psoni, L ^a   Tzanetakis, N ^a   Litopoulou Tzanetaki, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Batzos cheese; Lactic acid bacteria; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0042914947     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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