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Genotypic heterogeneity among Lactobacillus helveticus strains isolated from natural cheese starters.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Sept 1998
Giraffa G, De Vecchi P, Rossi P, Nicastro G, Fortina M G
Abstract excerpt
A total of 23 strains of Lactobacillus helveticus isolated from natural whey starter cultures for Italian hard cheeses and three reference strains were characterized by plasmid profiling, ribotyping and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting. The data showed an interesting strain heterogeneity in natural cheese starters, that seemed not only strain-dependent, but also related to the source of...
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