Enhanced PFGE protocol to study the genomic diversity of Clostridium spp. isolated from Manchego cheeses with late blowing defect

Food Control

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-399

  Garde, Sonia ^a   Gaya, Pilar ^a   Arias, Ramón ^b   Nuñez, Manuel ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Centro Regional de Seleccion y Reproduccion Animal CERSYRA JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Late blowing defect; Manchego cheese; PFGE

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM;

EID: 84862704877     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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