Identification of yeasts and bacteria isolated from Iranian Kefir drink

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sefidgar, Seyyed Ali Asghar ^a   Gharekhani, Samane ^a   Ghasempour, Maryam ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Kefir; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEVERAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; IRAN; KEFIR DRINK; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LETTER; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84894104597     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.10707     Document Type: Letter

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