Genus lactobacillus

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 77-91

  Barrangou, Rodolphe ^a   Lahtinen, Sampo J ^b   Ibrahim, Fandi ^b,c   Ouwehand, Arthur C ^b  

^a Danisco USA Inc   (United States)

^b Health and Nutrition   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENOME SEQUENCING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; L. PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC; MUCOSAL SURFACE; PEDIOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENETIC TREES;

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