Molecular diversity and relationship within Lactococcus lactis, as revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD).

doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80065-9

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Molecular diversity and relationship within Lactococcus lactis, as revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD).

Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Dec 1998

Tailliez P, Tremblay J, Ehrlich S D, Chopin A

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Lactococcus lactis strains are widely used in industrial dairy fermentations. Conventional phenotypic tests have been used for years to classify members of this species into two subspecies, lactis and cremoris, and play a key role in the choice of strains to be used in particular cheese fermentat...

Topics

DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Lactococcus
Lactococcus lactis
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique

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