Performance of petrifilm aerobic count plates on enumeration of lactic acid bacteria in fermented milks

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Nero, Luís Augusto ^a   Rodrigues, Lívia De Andrade ^b   Viçosa, Gabriela Nogueira ^a   Ortolani, Maria Beatriz Tassinari ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciências Agrárias   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 44649154613     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2008.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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