Lactic acid bacteria in the gut

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 385-401

  Stolaki, Maria ^a,b,c   de Vos, Willem M ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b,c,d   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LABORATORIES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; ROD-SHAPED;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 84879077039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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