Preservation by freezing of potentially probiotic strains of Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Succi, Mariantonietta ^a   Tremonte, Patrizio ^a   Reale, Anna ^a   Sorrentino, Elena ^a   Coppola, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryotolerance; Freezing; Lactobacilli; Probiotic; Protective media

Indexed keywords

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 38849168996     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175352     Document Type: Article

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