The genus Leuconostoc

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Volumn 9781444333831, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-404

  Björkroth, Johanna ^a   Dicks, Leon M T ^b   Endo, Akihito ^b,c   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Handong University   (South Korea)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coccoid; Fermentation; Food; Food spoilage; Leuconostoc sensu stricto

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; SPOILAGE;

COCCOID; FOOD FERMENTATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC SENSU STRICTO; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PREMATURE BABY;

PHYLOGENETIC;

EID: 84927788424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118655252.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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