Pediocins: The bacteriocins of Pediococci. Sources, production, properties and applications

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Papagianni, Maria ^a   Anastasiadou, Sofia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 70349765599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-3     Document Type: Review

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