New Approaches for the Study of Lactic Acid Bacteria Biodiversity: A Focus on Meat Ecosystems

Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Novel Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 251-271

  Vignolo, Graciela M ^a   Fontana, Cecilia ^b   Cocconcelli, Pier S ^b  

^a CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity Establishment in Meat Ecosystems; Cooked Ready to Eat Meat Products; Culture independent Methods; Experimental Approaches to the Study of Microbial Ecology in Meat Ecosystems; Koz inski et al. 2008. With respect to the CNC; Meat Ecosystems Microbial Diversity: A Focus on LAB; Microbial Diversity of Fermented Sausages; New Approaches for the Study of Lactic Acid Bacteria Biodiversity: A Focus on Meat Ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870988766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813820866.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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