Stress Responses of Lactobacilli

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-249

  De Angelis, Maria ^a   Gobbetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid Stress; Glycine Betaine; Lactobacillus Species; Quaternary Ammonium Compound; Quorum Sense

Indexed keywords

EID: 85143774453     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92771-8_11     Document Type: Article

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