Flow cytometry for age assessment of a yeast population and its application in beer fermentations

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Kuřec, Michal ^a   Baszczyňski, Martin ^a   Lehnert, Radek ^a   Mota, André ^b   Teixeira, José A ^b   Brányik, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Beer; Bud scar; Flow cytometry; Staining; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALEXA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70450208446     PISSN: 00469750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2009.tb00377.x     Document Type: Article

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