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Genomic diversity of Oenococcus oeni from different winemaking regions of Portugal.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Sept 2011
Marques Ana P, Duarte Ana J, Chambel Lélia, Teixeira Maria F, San Romão Maria V, Tenreiro Rogério
Abstract excerpt
Oenococcus oeni is an alcohol-tolerant, acidophilic lactic acid bacterium that plays an important role in the elaboration of wine. It is often added as a starter culture to carry out malolactic conversion. Given the economic importance of this reaction, the taxonomic structure of this species has been studied in detail. In the present work, phenotypic and molecular approaches were used to identify 121 lactic acid...
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