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Characterization of starter lactic acid bacteria from the Finnish fermented milk product viili.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Kahala M, Mäki M, Lehtovaara A, Tapanainen J-M, Katiska R, Juuruskorpi M, Juhola J, Joutsjoki V
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AIMS: Phenotypic and molecular methods were used to identify and compare the strain composition of three industrial dairy starters used for the manufacture of viili. METHODS AND RESULTS: Preliminary differentiation was made by phenotypic methods. Genotypic differentiation was carried out using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and further characterization at strain level by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)....
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