Microflora during malting of barley: Overview and impact on malt quality

BrewingScience

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 22-31

  Juste A ^a,b,c   Malfliet, S ^a,c   Lenaerts, M ^a,b,c   De Cooman, L ^a,c   Aerts, G ^a,c   Willems, K A ^a,b,c   Lievens, B ^a,b,c  

^a Campus De Nayer ^*  (Belgium)

^b Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^c LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Microbial characterisation; Microbial community; Microflora management; Process optimisation; Starter culture

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

EID: 79957719574     PISSN: 18665195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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