Isolation and Characterization of Lactococcal Bacteriophages from Cultured Buttermilk Plants in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2104-2111

  Moineau, Sylvain ^a,b   Borkaev, Margaret ^a   Holler, Barbara J ^a   Walker, Shirley A ^a,c   Kondo, Jeffrey K ^a   Vedamuthu, Ebenezer R ^a   Vandenbergh, Peter A ^a,d  

^a Prod and Proc Devmt Cultures Grp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Osprey Biotechnics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Buttermilk; Lactococci

Indexed keywords

LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1542499580     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76584-0     Document Type: Article

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