Metabolically improved exopolysaccharide production by Streptococcus thermophilus and its influence on the rheological properties of fermented milk

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6398-6400

  Svensson, Malin ^a   Waak, Elisabet ^b   Svensson, Ulla ^b   Rådström, Peter ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Arla Foods   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RHEOLOGY;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE (EPS); MILK; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBON; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

FERMENTATION; MILK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FLOW KINETICS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MILK; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VISCOSITY;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 26844531950     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6398-6400.2005     Document Type: Article

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