Article
Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Lactococcus lactis isolates from Batzos, a Greek PDO raw goat milk cheese.
International journal of food microbiology - 10 Mar 2007
Psoni L, Kotzamanidis C, Yiangou M, Tzanetakis N, Litopoulou-Tzanetaki E
Abstract excerpt
The genotypic and phenotypic variability of 40 Lactococcus lactis isolates obtained from three cheese-making trials of Batzos cheese made one in each, winter, spring and summer was investigated. RAPD-PCR, plasmid profiling and PFGE were used to study the genetic variability and distinguish closely related isolates. Results showed a high degree of heterogeneity among strains. According to PFGE data, all strains...
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