Safety and potential beneficial properties of Enterococcus strains isolated from kefir

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Carasi, Paula ^a   Jacquot, Claudine ^b   Romanin, David E ^c   Elie, Anne Marie ^b   De Antoni, Graciela L ^a   Urdaci, María C ^b   Serradell, María de los Angeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; GENES ENCODING; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION; PROBIOTICS; SAFETY ASPECTS; SIMULATED GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84904907463     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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