Stress adaptations of lactic acid bacteria

Microbial Stress Adaptation and Food Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 159-211

  Girgis, Hany S ^a   Smith, James ^b   Luchansky, John B ^b   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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