Exopolysaccharides from Lactic Acid Bacteria

Comprehensive Glycoscience: From Chemistry to Systems Biology

Volumn 2-4, Issue , 2007, Pages 477-519

  De Vuyst, L ^a   De Vin, F ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451967-2/00129-X     Document Type: Chapter

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