Genomic insights into high exopolysaccharide-producing dairy starter bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC 1275

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wu, Qinglong ^a   Tun, Hein Min ^a   Leung, Frederick Chi Ching ^a   Shah, Nagendra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ANIMALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MILK; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEOLYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901020787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04974     Document Type: Article

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