Bacteriophage and anti- phage mechanisms in lactic acid bacteria

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-186

  Mills, Susan ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^a   Neve, Horst ^c   Coffey, Aidan ^d  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b CSK FOOD ENRICHMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^d Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; DAIRIES; FERMENTATION; FLAVOR COMPOUNDS; FOOD PROCESSING; LACTIC ACID; LOSSES; MORPHOLOGY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

BACTERIAL CELL SURFACE; DAIRY FERMENTATIONS; FERMENTATION PROCESS; FERMENTATION TIME; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

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