Host-adapted lactobacilli in food fermentations: impact of metabolic traits of host adapted lactobacilli on food quality and human health

Current Opinion in Food Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2020, Pages 71-80

  Li, Qing ^a   Gänzle, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 85081037807     PISSN: 22147993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2020.02.002     Document Type: Review

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