Viability of two freeze-dried strains of Bifidobacterium and of commercial preparations at various temperatures during prolonged storage

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2336-2339

  Bruno, F A ^a   Shah, N P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freeze drying; Probiotics; Storage temperature; Viability

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 0141590524     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb05769.x     Document Type: Article

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