Article
Diversity of Streptococcus thermophilus phages in a large-production cheese factory in Argentina.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2006
Quiberoni A, Tremblay D, Ackermann H-W, Moineau S, Reinheimer J A
Abstract excerpt
Phage infections still represent a serious risk to the dairy industry, in which Streptococcus thermophilus is used in starter cultures for the manufacture of yogurt and cheese. The goal of the present study was to analyze the biodiversity of the virulent S. thermophilus phage population in one Argentinean cheese plant. Ten distinct S. thermophilus phages were isolated from cheese whey samples collected in a 2-mo...
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