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Taxonomy and physiology of probiotic lactic acid bacteria.
International journal of food microbiology - 26 May 1998
Klein G, Pack A, Bonaparte C, Reuter G
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The current taxonomy of probiotic lactic acid bacteria is reviewed with special focus on the genera Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Enterococcus. The physiology and taxonomic position of species and strains of these genera were investigated by phenotypic and genomic methods. In total, 176 strains, including the type strains, have been included. Phenotypic methods applied were based on biochemical, enzymatical...
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