Short communication: Isolation of Prototheca species strains from environmental sources in dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3474-3477

  Scaccabarozzi, L ^a   Turchetti, B ^b   Buzzini, P ^b   Pisoni, G ^a   Bertocchi, L ^c   Arrigoni, N ^c   Boettcher, P ^d   Bronzo, V ^a   Moroni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Environmental source; Prototheca spp.; Yeast like microorganism

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA STAGNORA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

EID: 52649170799     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1115     Document Type: Article

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