Turkish kefir and kefir grains: Microbial enumeration and electron microscobic observation

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-29

  Guzel Seydim, Zeynep ^b   Wyffels, Jennifer T ^a   Seydim, Atif C ^b   Greene, Annel K ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Kefir; Lactic acid bacteria; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRAIN; KEFIR; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 13244269911     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.2005.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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