Sequencing-Based Analysis of the Bacterial and Fungal Composition of Kefir Grains and Milks from Multiple Sources

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Marsh, Alan J ^a,b,c   O'Sullivan, Orla ^a   Hill, Colin ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^a,b  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEFIR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; KAZACHSTANIA; KLUYVEROMYCES; MILK; NAUMOVOZYMA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; FUNGI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; MILK; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84880445186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069371     Document Type: Article

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