Effect of salt on the killer phenotype of yeasts from olive brines

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1165-1167

  Llorente, P ^a   Marquina, D ^a   Santos, A ^a   Peinado, J M ^a   Spencer Martins, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; YEAST;

EID: 0342327328     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1165-1167.1997     Document Type: Article

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