Short communication: Characterization of microflora in Mexican Chihuahua cheese

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3311-3315

  Renye, J A ^a   Somkuti, G A ^a   Van Hekken, D L ^a   Guerrero Prieto, V M ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artisanal cheese; Cheese microflora; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHEESE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEXICO; MILK; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 79959344081     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4177     Document Type: Note

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